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2. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is famous as one of the few ancient cities that can now be seen in much of its original splendour, as well as for having been lost, along with Pompeii, Stabiae, Oplontis and Boscoreale, in the eruption of ____________ that buried it. *

Mount Vesuvius in AD 39 Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 Mount Etna in AD 79 Mount Vesuvinum in AD 79

4. In the photo above you are standing beside ceramic holes. What are they? *

Toilets Fast Food Containers Water buckets Wine Buckets

What key feature is missing from the columns so you know if they are Greek or Roman? *

6. Look at the columns and notice the vertical gooves that start about half way up and form surface decoration. What are these lines called? *

Grooving Fluting Muting Stryations

7. In the photo above, the image is made by placing a series of small pieces of coloured glass, stone or other materials together. What is this type of artwork called? *

Tesserae Islamic Mosaics Tiryns

8. Who are these two? *

Neptune and Salacia Neptune and Sicily Horace and Iris Homer and Simpson

10. How many people lived in Herculaneum at the time of the volcano eruption? *

4,000 - 5,000 1,000 10,000 - 20,000

​​Britt, can you answer the questions for today?

Britt, can you answer the questions for today?