Mom and I have been wanting to go to this exhibit since it came to Seattle. We read about Pompeii last fall, which was all inspired by the pop song "Pompeii" by Bastille. We ended up going with Andrea, Andy and Elliot, since they are members of the Pacific Science Center. Andrea, Andy and Elliot saw this exhibit last month, so Mom and I just went through it together, while they went to the IMAX theatre.
They let us in in groups, so we had to wait for 10 minutes to get in after our time.
Not the most flattering picture....Mom had to turn off the flash. Finally! we were in.
Statues, house gods and frescoes!
Fountain
more frescoes....
Axe head
huge urns for olive oil!
My favorite piece, a 2,000 year old green glass bowl.
This carving had to do with theatre.
Gladiator stuff.
Now we get to the ominous part of the exhibit, the day of and after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
This is what the city could have looked like just after it was buried in ash.
They had some body casts from the real Pompeii.
So, in western Washington, we have 5 volcanoes close by, could Pompeii happen to us? It looks like Tacoma is going to get it. Since we are north of there, we should be fine!
