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Researchers believe that the town was founded in the seventh or sixth century BC by the Osci or Oscans and was captured by the Romans in 80 BC. By the time of its destruction, 160 years later, its population was approximately 11,000 people, and the city had a complex water system, an amphitheatre, gymnasium and a port.
The site was lost for about 1,500 years until its initial rediscovery in 1599 and broader rediscovery almost 150 years later by Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre in 1748.The objects that lay beneath the city have been well preserved for centuries because of the lack of air and moisture. These artifacts provide an detailed insight into the life of a city during the Roman empire. During the excavation, plaster was used to fill in the voids between the ash layers that once held human bodies. This allowed one to see the position the person was in when he or she died.
Pompeii has been a tourist destination for over 250 years. Today it has UNESCO World Heritage Site status and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy, with approximately 2.5 million visitors every year.
visitors center
Main roads and organisation of the walking area
The city division, water circulation and fountains:
the water is now drinkable for the public
Tourists shops and gift shop:
Public transportations:
The sites is provided with parking lots and roads for any kind of vehicules.
Camping Area and entertainement Area of pompei
Restaurants near the site
In general, at the site, They serve the local food, in pompei for example, they serve fish, because the site is close to the sea...
excavation Parts and conservation materials:
The places and rooms that are not exposed to the public are protected with metallic fences
Distinction of the types of the rocks, categories, date of construction, and numbers of samples from fifty archeological monuments.
Emergency Areas
Night lighting
in case of emergencies, the archeological site should always be provided by a small pharmacy, a small place if someone got hurt or tired and needs medical care.
The site is not really exposed to light at night to not damage the old remaining, it is althought lightened by small lights in the ground that shows a really beautiful view at night.
POMPEII
Green Area:
Today, The north side of pompei is a green area open for the public, using as sitting and resting area...
ARCHEOLOGYCAL ANALYSIS
Bike's private passages and roads
Pompei is devided in a grid way, the roads are parallel, and very organized. there are too main roads that leads to the amphitheater.
1- Information areas:
The city Pompei is provided with an information shop and a guide. The guide can be a person or this machine at the entrance of the city to explain to the tourists the history of this place and to provide them with information, maps, guidance and everything needed for the visit.
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m of ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.