Few are as well-known for the historical story of antique city as Pompeii. The Mount Vesuvius, which is still the biggest active volcano in Europe, had its last big eruption in 79 and a thick layer of volcanic ashes covered Pompei, Herculaneum and surrounding villages. Thousands of people were buried under those ashes and Pompeii was wiped off the map. After rediscovery of the city in 1748, the secrets under the ashes revealed.  Pompeii is located in Campania region of Southern Italy and close to Napoli, which is the capital of the region, and Pompeii, which is in UNESCO’s World Heritage List, is an antique city attracts many visitors. We advise you to visit Pompeii with Pompeii guided tour in English, which attracts the tourists with its a gruesome story of extinction. In order to learn the interesting and tragic historical details dating from foundation date of 8^th century B.C. to the period when it was under the ashes, Pompeii guided tour in English will pretty much helpful for you. This is the way to learn the details of archaeological excavations and the history of Pompeii.

The foundation of Pompeii dates back to 8th century B.C. and first settlement was made by Oscans in a village scale. After the arrival of Greeks to those land in 6th century B.C., it started to turn into a bigger city. After full settlement of the Greeks in this region, Pompeii became a city with a small port and protected by fortifications. After Etruscans invaded the region including Pompeii in 520s B.C., the city passed under the rule of Etruscans. After the capture of the city by Romans and its ally namely Samnites in 424 B.C., the city was renovated under Roman discipline and culture. It has become a Roman city with planned structure consisting of perpendicular roads to each other, fortified fortresses, gates, fountains and cultural approach under traditional Roman city planning. After 4th century B.C. Pompeii has been a city under the strong influence and control of Roman Empire. In order to have a better understanding the interesting history of Pompeii as you can see in this brief history, Pompeii guided tour in English will enlighten you.

The soil surrounding Pompeii is very fertile and suitable for agriculture. The main reason for that is the abundant waters of the river Sarno and blending of lava, pumice and ashes gushing from Mount Vesuvius up to 43 kilometers high. This mineral-rich mixture makes the soil fertile and suitable for agriculture. As a result, this fertility caused the vineyard and agriculture to develop considerably in Campania region. Food residues such as lemons, figs, lettuce, artichokes, beans and peas, cereals found in archaeological excavations in Pompeii ruins support this fact. Additionally, olive and grape have always been in this area.  You will see how much vineyards and winery developed in this region during Pompeii guided tour in English. Winery is not an activity unique today, it can be seen in the archival records that the rich of Rome, which was the center of Empire, prefer the wines produced in Campania region. Apart from fertile soils of Pompeii, it was very easy to get every kind of products such as food, fabric, lumber thanks to fact that it is a coastal city, its port and sea trade. All those products could be shipped to Rome from this place where every type of goods could be found easily. The relative proximity of Pompeii to Rome caused the rulers and the riches to build villas there for their vacations. It is known that Rome villas in and around Pompeii were too many starting from the 2nd century BC. Nowadays, it is possible to see the ruins of many those villas in the region.

While Pompeii guided tour in English introduce you the old glorious period of Pompeii through archaeological excavations, you will also be told lifestyle stories of that period in detail. Pompeii is full of the traces of a lifestyle contained richness, pleasure and glorious. After the last eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the city under ashes of volcano remained as if the time is frozen. The city covered by a thick ash layer, has remained out of sight for 1700 years. Pompeii, which was rediscovered accidentally in 1748, was revealed after the excavations. Many buildings, sculpture and human bodies well-preserved under the ashes, has survived to the present day. Today when human mold cavities are filled with materials such as plaster, almost a 3-dimensional model of disaster time revealed. Those models depict us very detailed information about the last moments of Pompeii. It is predicted that, 2 thousand people in the city, which is estimated to have a population of 12 thousand have been killed during the disaster.

Pompeii guided tour in English will explain and show in detail. Once upon a time, Pompeii had a very rich and debauchery lifestyle. Rich villas with tablature, free sexuality, city architecture is very impressive. The prevalence of slavery and slavery cells remained intact up to now tells us about social status very clearly. Apart from the slaves, rich class had a social understanding above the level of that period.

In this antique city, where classic Roman city structure is observed, there was an amphitheater with a capacity of 12 thousand people. Stage layout, sculpture and decorations in this amphitheater have remained intact up to now. Not only this amphitheater called grand theatre, many other interesting buildings have survived intact to the present day. The historical artifacts obtained from the city have been displayed in Antiquarium Museum. This is a museum having the richest Roman period artifacts.

The forum, which is the most important social building of the city, was built with a typical Roman Forum approach. There was a big public bath in Pompeii as in other Roman cities. Villa of the Papyri is one of the most famous villas characterizing the city. There are many spaces in this ultra-luxurious villa such as rooms, kitchen, garden, bath. Nowadays, lots of ornaments have been displayed in Antiquarium Museum. Other places suggested by Pompeii guided tour in English include Antique Brothel (Lunapar), Pompei Basilica (Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei), House of the Faun and Garden of the Fugitives.