Location: Pompeii  Destination: Campania region Country: Italy  Year Taken: 2008
Photographer: Mary Jo Manzanares Blog: Fly Away Cafe
Destroyed and buried after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the  nearby city of Pompeii on the coast of Italy near Naples, was swallowed and forgotten, and not to be rediscovered for almost 18 centuries. 
The town’s buildings that were buried under meters of volcanic ash survived to tell the story of one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history. 
Since denied moisture and air, the buildings and artifacts suffered almost no deterioration while buried under …read more