Pompeii
What can we learn from Pompeii, the city frozen in time?
Warning: This podcast contains very strong language and explicit sexual content.
Pompeii is a city frozen in time and shows us exactly how the Romans really lived. Buried by volcanic ash and debris from a catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, visitors to the Roman town can still see eerily preserved homes, bathhouses, the notorious brothel, and plaster casts of victims in their last moments.
Dan is joined by Dr Kate Lister to tell the story of the eruption and explain the history behind what remains in Pompeii, and their top tips for visiting. You can hear more from Dr Kate Lister on her own podcast, Betwixt the Sheets, which is available now on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds.
This is part of our summer travel series 'Dan's Guide to Europe'.
Produced by Mariana Des Forges, edited by Tim Arstall and sound designed by Dougal Patmore.
All music from Epidemic Sounds/All3Media.
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