Tarawa (CVA 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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It is hard to imagine that the streets with the chariot ruts a11d drinking fountains fthat still operatej could have been here since Uhe lyear 79 A.D. Pompeii has too much of the personal life of itls people still inevidence. Painted signs still legible, a boy7s name Written on a Wall, a Wine shop with a secret container to Water the merchandiseg these things We find to be better preserved Z-',!,',,.. than many of our historical relics from only a hundred years ago. Bright coins and hair curlers, tweezers that could have come ,from any beauty shop, bread that was baking when the disaster struck These things make Pompeii more than a sight. It is an experience unto itselfq A . PEII ,, A,i