Midway (CVB 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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The stately entrance to many functions in its day, the Arch of the Fornni stands today, defvin the elements and Mount Vesuvius. Buih in the Samnite Period, the graceful Temple of Apollo was surrounded by a 48- column portico. The remaining columns still stand in their original positions.

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tAJKIilJ POMPEl SANNITICA A 425 AC -90 AC By an ingenious system of pouring liquified chalk into molds left l)y bodies in the ashes. Giiiseppe Fiorelli dociiiiu-nti-d their last ter- rible moments. M ' . f ' , I ( .enturies passed and men of science under- lijok excavations in order to discover what was hidden from sight, . ome Pompeian art is shown.