The famous Pompeii, buried under 20 feet of volcanic ash, new excavations are beginning here all the time as the archaeologists slowly uncover different areas. Lots of original Roman frescoes and wall paintings are preserved here, pretty much the only examples of Roman paintings.

Mt. Vesuvius

Mt. Vesuvius with Gia and Asta

The oldest amphitheatre in the Roman world (maybe second oldest..)

Asta

Lecture in the amphitheatre

Betsy, a TA

Casts made from the space where people's bodies were buried in the ash

Class photo

A courtyard of a home

One of Pompeii's feral dogs who was standing very still

Restored gardens, including original plants; Archaeologists could analyze the space left by the root systems in the ash, and thus were able to tell what plants were there. Cool stuff.

Class looking into a house

In an amphitheatre

Kassie was sick that day and wasn't ready for me to take this pic of her

Lecture

More lecture

Me looking at something... I dunno

The theatre district of Pompeii

A shot of a tree overlooking Vesuvius

Walking around the ruins

Walking to that amphitheatre

Some sunset shots

Inside a building

Trees

On the street

My favorite

Modern Pompeii