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A loaf still bears the marks that divide it into wedges. A mosaic guards a front door, and stepping stones let pedestrians cross a street above the ruts left by carts. These photographs show what people ate, how they worked, and what their homes looked like in Pompeii and Herculaneum before Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.

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The Cave Canem Mosaic
The Cave Canem Mosaic: A black dog and the words Cave Canem greet visitors at the entrance of Pompeii’s House of the Tragic…
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A Carbonized Loaf From Herculaneum
A Carbonized Loaf From Herculaneum: This round loaf from Herculaneum’s House of the Deer is still scored into wedges. The…
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Frescoes in the Villa of the Mysteries
Frescoes in the Villa of the Mysteries: Figures nearly as tall as the room’s occupants appear against a deep red wall. The…
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The Regio V Food Counter
The Regio V Food Counter: Painted animals decorate the front of this Pompeian food counter. The large round openings in the…
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Stepping Stones and Wheel Ruts
Stepping Stones and Wheel Ruts: The raised stones make a path between the sidewalks. In the paving below them, ruts record…
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A Public Fountain in Pompeii
A Public Fountain in Pompeii: The stone spout sits above a trough at the edge of the street. Neighborhood fountains like…
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The Alexander Mosaic
The Alexander Mosaic: Alexander’s horse pushes into the battle from the left. The vast mosaic once covered a floor in…
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Neptune and Amphitrite in Glass Mosaic
Neptune and Amphitrite in Glass Mosaic: Neptune and Amphitrite stand in a panel of colored glass on the east wall of a…
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Triton Mosaic in the Women’s Baths
Triton Mosaic in the Women’s Baths: A sea figure and marine animals cover the floor in the women’s section of Herculaneum’s…
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A Carbonized Wooden Partition
A Carbonized Wooden Partition: The wooden screen separates the atrium from the room beyond in a house at Herculaneum. Its…
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Herculaneum’s Carbonized Boat
Herculaneum’s Carbonized Boat: The curved ribs of this wooden boat survive in the Herculaneum Boat Pavilion. Archaeologists…
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Graffiti Near the Large Theater
Graffiti Near the Large Theater: Someone scratched a grid-filled drawing into the plaster of a passage near Pompeii’s Large…
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Millstones in the Bakery of Popidius Priscus
Millstones in the Bakery of Popidius Priscus: Heavy stone mills stand in a Pompeian bakery. The tapered shapes survive from…
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A Painted Election Notice
A Painted Election Notice: Painted letters on this wall in Pompeii’s Regio V ask voters to elect Helvius Sabinus to local…
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An Amphora With Traces of Fish Sauce
An Amphora With Traces of Fish Sauce: Scales, fish bones, and solid residue remained inside this broken clay amphora. The…
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Pine Remains From Herculaneum
Pine Remains From Herculaneum: Pine cones, needles, and nuts from Herculaneum survived burial. Together they identify the…
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Wash Vats at the Laundry of Stephanus
Wash Vats at the Laundry of Stephanus: Vats survive in a Pompeian house converted into a laundry. Workers used the basins…
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Casts in the Garden of the Fugitives
Casts in the Garden of the Fugitives: These plaster casts record the positions of people who died during the eruption in AD…
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The Vaults on Herculaneum’s Ancient Shore
The Vaults on Herculaneum’s Ancient Shore: These vaults once opened onto the shoreline. People took shelter here during the…
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A Charred Papyrus From Herculaneum
A Charred Papyrus From Herculaneum: This dark roll is one of the papyri from Herculaneum’s Villa of the Papyri. Its tightly…

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