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There are other changes as well.
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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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Again more stunning pictures. I see some of the pillars have brick that is rounds and looks perfect. Is that something that is put in for support or were those bricks really like that?
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Just got all caught up (only because you stopped updating while in Paris). I SO want to go to Herculaneum!! I remember reading about it and the differences between Pompeii and Herc. I SO want to go!! Your photos are great with so much detail.
Lori - when I was a kid I wanted to be an Archeologist (as well as a forensic scientist and marine biologist - one out of 3 ain't bad) - but as a result - I ancient history!
Again more stunning pictures. I see some of the pillars have brick that is rounds and looks perfect. Is that something that is put in for support or were those bricks really like that?
Laurie, feel free to answer!
Jen, I'm not sure if those particular bricks are ancient or modern, but they made beautiful bricks in ancient Rome! They made them square, rectangular, triangular and round. They even had mobile kilns that would travel with the armies so they spread the use of bricks throughout their empire.
Just got all caught up (only because you stopped updating while in Paris). I SO want to go to Herculaneum!! I remember reading about it and the differences between Pompeii and Herc. I SO want to go!! Your photos are great with so much detail.
Lori - when I was a kid I wanted to be an Archeologist (as well as a forensic scientist and marine biologist - one out of 3 ain't bad) - but as a result - I ancient history!
I think we have a lot in common, Terri! I could tell from your reports from the Med as well as through the US Nat'l parks that you're an archaeology (and geology?) buff!
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I think we have a lot in common, Terri! I could tell from your reports from the Med as well as through the US Nat'l parks that you're an archaeology (and geology?) buff!
Yep - geology too. Esp volcanoes. I told Chris that I would love to go back to school and get a BS in geology with specializations in vulcanology and glaciology- study volcanoes in the winter and glaciers in the summer.
Again more stunning pictures. I see some of the pillars have brick that is rounds and looks perfect. Is that something that is put in for support or were those bricks really like that?
Just got all caught up (only because you stopped updating while in Paris).
Glad you were able to catch back up, but of course this trip does mean another trip report in the works...
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I SO want to go to Herculaneum!! I remember reading about it and the differences between Pompeii and Herc. I SO want to go!! Your photos are great with so much detail.
Jen, I'm not sure if those particular bricks are ancient or modern, but they made beautiful bricks in ancient Rome! They made them square, rectangular, triangular and round. They even had mobile kilns that would travel with the armies so they spread the use of bricks throughout their empire.
You see - we all knew you'd be able to help with the question!
Monday 6 May – part thirteen: this is still in quite a good state
We headed up the street, all the way to the top, seeing these houses at the top of the city. Here you can see the blackened remains of buildings…
At this end of the town, you really get the scale of just how far down this is beneath the modern day city.
We saw the Cucumas shop, and the fresco at the entrance depicts four pitchers of different drinks sold here. It’s thought this was an inn, where drinks and food were sold.
We walked through the House of the Black Room, another house owned by one of the richer people in Herculaneum, as you can see from the size of it.
Next door we found the bottega, or shop, and as you can see, it’s still in a pretty good state:
… then we walked along the Cardo IV Superiore.
This is the women’s baths, which had an outdoor courtyard area.
The next thing we saw was the Samnite House, built in the second century BC, which originally occupied a much larger area. The garden space went to the house next door and, after the earthquake in 62AD, the rooms on the upper floor were separated and rented out, with their own entrance.
Our tour of the town was pretty much complete now. It had been well worth seeing, although the heat had been really draining for both of us. The Giro d’Italia had actually done us a huge favour, as there is no way that we would’ve survived the heat of yesterday either here or in Pompeii. Neither place has much shelter, and without that, the sun can be really brutal here.
From here, you can see how far the sea now is from Herculaneum, bearing in mind that when the town thrived, it had its own marina.
We stopped off at the bookshop, and as they took credit cards, got books on this place, the Amalfi coast and Sorrento coast.
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