POMPEII – THE BURIED
CITY
Pompeii volcano hole
POMPEII
• This is what Pompeii,
Italy looked like at the
time Mt. Vesuvius
exploded.
• The architecture was
extremely beautiful in
A.D. 79.
The House of Menander
• This house is one
of the largest and
most luxurious in
Pompeii.
• It occupies almost
a whole city block.
• This is the atrium
or the front of the
house.
The Atrium
• You can see in
the left corner
of the room a
shrine to the
Lares, the gods
that protected
the house.
The Exterior of The House of
Menander
• This is the garden
courtyard and
outer dinning area.
• As you can see
they have restored
the gardens in the
centre courtyard.
Menander’s Bath
• This is a
picture in
Menander’s
hot room in
the private
bath suit.
Wall Paintings Inside the House of
Menander
The Forum of Pompeii
• This is an Arial
view of the Forum.
• It was considered
the pride of
Pompeii.
• It was the center of
government,
religion and
commerce.
• It stretched several
blocks.
The Forum of Pompeii
• The towering
columns of the
forum still stand
today.
• Once the heart of
the city, this grand
square was badly
damaged by an
earthquake in A.D.
62 and then burred
by the eruption of
Vesuvius.
The Architecture of the Forum
• As was typical of
the time, most of
the most important
buildings at
Pompeii - - were
located in or
around the forum.
Pompeii Bakery
• The large wood-burning
oven identifies these
premises as a bakery.
Each mill consists of two
mill-stones, one
stationary and one hollow
and shaped like a funnel.
The funnel-shaped stone
had slots, into which
wooden levers could be
inserted so that the stone
could be rotated to grind
the wheat.
Buying Bread
• This is a wall painting of
someone selling bread.
• Loafs of bread are
stacked up on the counter
where the man is handing
them out to the
customers.
• It is thought that the
people of Pompeii bought
their daily bread from
bakeries rather than bake
it themselves at home,
since it was rare to find an
oven in a home.
The Forum Baths Interior
The Ceiling of the Forum Baths
• This is the room
between the hot
and cold baths. It
has a vaulted
ceiling and niches
in the walls that are
adorned with terra
cotta.