Today's archaeologists determine how 22 thousand tons of marble was constructed into this exquisite place of worship overlooking Athens. | Love History

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 destroyed Pompeii—but it did not erase its people. While around 2,000 perished in the catastrophe, thousands fled and survived, building new lives in Campania’s neighboring towns such as Neapolis, Cumae, and Puteoli. Unique family names found in tomb inscriptions reveal the migration of Pompeiians and evidence of intermarriage among survivors. But survival also meant returning. Archaeological digs in the southern neighborhoods of Pompeii uncovered post-eru

Ancient theatre in Naples, Italy, now incorporated into later buildings. The theatre was first built in the 1st century BC and was in use for several hundred years. In circa AD 64, the Roman emperor Nero performed here. According to Tacitus: "In the year of the consulship of Caius Læcanius and Marcus Licinius a yet keener impulse urged Nero to show himself frequently on the public stage. Hitherto he had sung in private houses or gardens, during the Juvenile games, but these he now despised, as b