Sendai City Museum – the Pompeii Exhibit
I went to the Sendai City Museum yesterday to see the Pompeii exhibit; ‘Vivere a Pompei’. The Museum usually displays items related to the Date family and the history of Sendai, but the permanent exhibitions and the restaurant are still closed due to the earthquake. The exhibit features many objects excavated from the ruins. It was supposed to be held from 10th February to 8th May. As a result of the earthquake, it closed once but reopened from 29 April and will run to 5 June, by courtesy of the Naples National Archaeological Museum. I think some collections must be damaged by the earthquake, but if so there's no evidence of that - the exhibit seemed as if nothing happened. Honestly I’m surprised this exhibit reopened, because we still have small earthquakes everyday, and as every collection is valuable from a historical perspective, it must have been hard to make a decision to continue the exhibit.
As everyone knows, the Roman city of Pompeii, near modern Naples in Italy, was buried in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The city was destroyed, but we can have a real image of their wealthy life, amusements, cultures and society through excavated objects, preserved in the ashes. Life in Pompeii was really amazing; tools are almost the same as our own, rich people had private bathrooms in their houses, and they had central heating for baths. Houses contained fountains and floors and walls decorated with mosaics.
As I viewed the items used by these ancient people, I could almost hear the lively various sounds from their daily lives.
As everyone knows, the Roman city of Pompeii, near modern Naples in Italy, was buried in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The city was destroyed, but we can have a real image of their wealthy life, amusements, cultures and society through excavated objects, preserved in the ashes. Life in Pompeii was really amazing; tools are almost the same as our own, rich people had private bathrooms in their houses, and they had central heating for baths. Houses contained fountains and floors and walls decorated with mosaics.
As I viewed the items used by these ancient people, I could almost hear the lively various sounds from their daily lives.
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