The site is huge: 163 acres (66 hectares) and it was a hot day so you can imagine how tired we got!
The forum, a huge rectangular meeting place...
...with a fairly recent statue of a centaur...
...and many of the old columns.
A little video. Notice the crowds, and can you spot Tine?
Faded wall art...
...intricate floor mosaics...
...and more beautiful frescoes.
The amphitheatre, built in 70 BC...
...which could hold 20,000 spectators. Pink Floyd played a concert there in 1972 but without an audience!
The most moving displays show casts of many of the victims
Finally this video is taken from ground level once the city was covered in ash. There's still about a third of the city to be excavated!
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