30/03/2026
Pompeii is somewhere ol' SydPix has wanted to visit since he was a nipper. Finally got to go after heading over to Naples last week, and visited Pompeii, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli and Herculaneum. All three sites are amazing and between them graphically show the aftermath of the violent eruption of Vesuvius in AD79.
The details of the eruption are staggering; a 21-mile column of ash and pumice was hurled into the sky. Herculaneum alone was buried under thirty metres of volcanic rock, Pompeii and other villages and settlements were completely buried, and the whole coastline was dramatically altered. Vesuvius is currently dormant, but still active. The last eruption was in 1944 and the next one will potentially affect over 3 million people who live in the surrounding area.
Here is a selection of photos of the sites, the wonderful artworks and Naples.