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Photographs taken from the roof of the building where I was staying

• left: Sunrise over Naples - note the shadows on the hills these are the shadows from Mount Vesuvius as the sun rose
• centre: Sun about to rise behind Mount Vesuvius
• right: One hour later - looking towards Naples - the building in the midle ground is where I gave my lectures

Photographs take of Herculaneum - one town buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD

• left: the cafe - the containers held food for people to buy
• centre: a mosaic in one of the villas
• right: the main Bath house - the mosaic floor has collapsed partly on the pillars supporting the floor - the spcaes underneath were for heating

More photographs of Herculaneum

• left: A small shrine to one of the gods
• centre: the garden of one of the villas
• right: an overview of the northern part of Herculaneum with the modern town of Ercolano behid