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By Harrison Mufford
POMPEII
This is what Pompeii,
Italy looked like at the
time Mt. Vesuvius
exploded.
The architecture was
extremely beautiful in
A.D. 79.
The Atrium
You can see in the left
corner of the room a
shrine to the Lares,
the gods that
protected the house.
Menanders Bath
This is a picture in
Menanders hot room
in the private bath
suit.
Pompeii Bakery
The lava mills and the large woodburning oven identify these
premises as a bakery. Each mill
consists of two mill-stones, one
stationary and one hollow and
shaped like a funnel. The funnelshaped stone had slots, into which
wooden levers could be inserted
so that the stone could be rotated
to grind the wheat.
Each mill would have been
operated either by manpower or
with the help of a donkey or horse
(in one bakery, the skeletons of
several donkeys were discovered).
In total, 33 bakeries have so far
been found in Pompeii.
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.
Attention to Details
This is an example of
the original lettering
around the giant
marble basin
labrum.
HARRISON
MUFFORD