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Temple of Apollo, is the most important religious buildings in Pompeii, with columns dating back to 2BC
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| | Altar in the precinct of the Deified Vespasian - Trumpeter, victimarius and bull
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| The Forum, with Mt. Vesuvius in the background
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The Macellum was Pompeii's marketplace for meat and fish. Today it houses two plaster casts encased in rather grimy display cases.
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| A close-up of these plaster mummies
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| The volcanic ashes buried the body and formed a hard shell around it while the inside has decayed over the years, so the scientists poured plaster inside these hollows to recreate the exact body shape at the time of the incident
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| This looks like a market place symbol to me
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Is this a cellar, a prison or else I dunno...
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| Gentlemen, this was the Gents, and it smells bad as of today... also can anyone tell me what those blocks are for?
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| The granary, now stores hundreds of artefacts discovered in the city during excavations
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| besides potteries, there are also statues....
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