Take a look at an inscription about Eumachia. Since you are a Latin student, follow the helps on this site to translate this one. Do not jump to the translation. If you are an advanced Latin student, write answers to the "Steps in Reading a Latin Inscription" questions 1-10 in your diary. If you are a Latin II student, answer any 5 questions to the best of your ability. If you are a beginning Latin student, read the "Steps in Reading a Latin Inscription." Here is the inscription about Eumachia and the instructions for translating it. In your diary, write down three things you learned about how to translate an inscription.
Visit the Lararium and describe the painting on it.
Visit the museums to see works of art. Click on the pictures below to enter the galleries.
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After you have enjoyed the culture of the Pompeians and learned more about each artifact, write a translation of the phrase on the mosaic of the dog in the diary of your trip.
After your morning in the museums, you are hungry and tired. Check out the menu. Choose three entrees for your mid-day repast. In your diary give an evaluation of the offerings.
A visit to the baths would be refreshing. (Although the site portrays a bath in Rome, you can get a feeling for what was available at the Pompeian bath. Here is a link to a Roman Bath in Bath, England.) Did you decide to visit the laconica? In your diary explain why or why not. By the way, how are the baths kept warm? Click here to find out.
As you return to your lodging, you notice this tessellation. In your diary, write what its purpose is.
The day is beginning to look dark. A friend invites you out onto his boat. Here is his eyewitness account of the events which followed.
The sky has become very dark.
Click here to see some of what
you saw.
You have met some tourists. Here are their photographs of the site. Described the picture on Buddy's shirt in your diary.
The Anglo-American Project has invited you to view their work. This would be a good experience for you. Write the application deadline in your diary.
Just to get an overview of the ruins, take a balloon ride over the site. Write a cinquain to describe your thoughts. (Don't know what a cinquain is? Try a web search to find out.)
Take a walking tour through the site. Write the 3 rules of the city of Pompeii. Print out your 3 favorite snapshots.
Check out your understanding of the site by labeling this map. Print out the map.
Try to understand how this whole geological event took place. Your study has shown you a little about what a volcano is and where it is likely to form . Try to explain it in your diary. Go up to Vesuvius with Dr. J.
Since you have been through these two days in Pompeii, you probably have some ideas how to make this assignment more interesting and better. Write your ideas at the end of your diary. Incidentally, there is a mistake on this page. Ask for extra credit if you know where it is.
News Update:
The following article and pictures were
retrieved from http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030929/pompeii.html
on October 4, 2003.
| Older Layers Of Pompeii Unearthed
Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News |
The Regio VI Quarter
With Mount Vesuvius in the background, the Regio VI quarter and the main street of interest for excavation by the archaeologists are pictured. Picture: Paola Agazzi/Rossella Lorenzi |  |
Hidden Layers The archaeologists concentrated on a large house extending over an area of more than 1,300 square feet; the house revealed three levels of floors, pictured. Picture: Paola Agazzi/Rossella Lorenzi |
| Oct. 2, 2003
After three years of research, the Pompeii that Mount Vesuvius did not bury is coming to light, according to Italian archaeologists. Hidden in layers beneath the town overwhelmed by lava and ash by the most famous eruption in history, the ancient settlement dates back to the third century B.C. "We noticed that some buildings in Pompeii have unusual features, such as walls showing different materials and techniques and walled, wrongly positioned windows. This strongly suggested that some of the houses that visitors admire today, were built on top of houses constructed previously," archaeologist Fabrizio Pesando of Naples's Oriental University, told Discovery News. |
Mosaics
An unearthed mosaic floor, above, dates to the third century B.C. Picture: Paola Agazzi/Rossella Lorenzi  |
The Atrium Archaeological work in progress on the atrium of the house and other rooms. Picture: Paola Agazzi/Rossella Lorenzi |
Check out this site to see newly found frescos which may have adorned a Pomepian hotel and see a fresco of Calliope.
Assignment: Prepare a journal or diary to hand in for the major
project for this term. The project should be beautifully and creatively
presented in addition to being academically sound and displaying extensive
knowledge about the Pompeian site and history of Pomeii. The project
will have the same value as a test.
