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| Cindy Wheeler | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> pompeii | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Very ornate ceiling |
 "stepping stones" to cross the street when it's wet. The spacing of the stones allows carts to go thru. |
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 Another floor |
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 Pompeii treasures in Museum in Naples |
 Must be a self portrait - Pompeii treasures in Museum in Naples |
 This is a scale rendition of Pompeii as it was in the late 1800's. More has been excavated since then so it's outdated. |
 Victim. (Cast made from the negative space found in the volcanic ash) |
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 Katie shows the scale of the column |
 Black socks and shoes with shorts. Where is he from? |
 This has been rebuilt to show what it looked like originally |
 These treasures were found during the excavation |
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 The skull |
 If you click on "original" where the sizes are you can see much more detail. |
 There were hundreds of these guys around the top of the wall in this room. Probably 7 or 8" tall |
 These colors - black, red & gold - were used in many of the homes. |
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 Bakery. They used wooden poles inserted in the holes to turn the grinders to grind the wheat for the bread. |
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 The oven in the bakery. |
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 View this in "original" to see the details in this painting on the wall. |
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 Guess what this is advertising. |
 Another sign posted outside the "room" to show what the specialty of the room is. |
 The "room". The room was tiny. The guide told us they would use a mattress on this stone bed. |
 Katie and Ashley |
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 Keyhole in the ceiling. Can't remember the significance of this. |
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 What a design. |
 Here is the picture on the wall of this room. |
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