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Pompeii Logo	Virtual Pompeii 1. Digitally reconstructed views of Pompeii-before its destruction by the eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius. Typical of scenes shown in the Exploreum’s Virtual Tour of the city. Offered free with admission to the exhibit A Day in Pompeii. Photo credit: CAPWARE	Virtual Pompeii 2. Digitally reconstructed views of Pompeii-before its destruction by the eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius. Typical of scenes shown in the Exploreum’s Virtual Tour of the city. Offered free with admission to the exhibit A Day in Pompeii. Photo credit: CAPWARE
Virtual Pompeii 3. Digitally reconstructed views of Pompeii-before its destruction by the eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius. Typical of scenes shown in the Exploreum’s Virtual Tour of the city. Offered free with admission to the exhibit A Day in Pompeii. Photo credit: CAPWARE	Body cast of a woman. This body cast, on display in Mobile’s A Day in Pompeii exhibit, is of a young woman who fell while trying to escape the volcanic eruption. Photo credit: Copyright Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali-Soprintendenza archeologica de Pompei	Gold earrings. These exquisite earrings were recovered from beneath layers of volcanic debris in Pompeii. They will be on display in Mobile, January 12 – June 3, 2007 as part of the exhibition A Day in Pompeii. Photo credit: Copyright Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali-Soprintendenza archeologica de Pompei.
Fresco. A fresco depicting two women, used to decorate a home in Pompeii. Five frescoes, recovered from the ancient Roman city, will be on display in the Exploreum’s exhibit gallery January 12 – June 3, 2007. Photo credit: Copyright Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali-Soprintendenza archeologica de Pompei.	Gold bracelets. Two matching bracelets on display with the exhibition A Day in Pompeii. The simple design was very popular in the doomed city and is thought to be a creation of Roman goldsmiths of the first century A.D. Photo credit: Copyright Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali-Soprintendenza archeologica de Pompei.	Castra Romana 1. Roman Legion re-enactors, wearing historically correct armor and uniforms, will set up camp across from the Gulf Coast Exploreum, February 3 and 4, 2007, in Mobile. Known as Castra Romana, this living history tableau is organized by the Exploreum to complement the international exhibition A Day in Pompeii.
Castra Romana 2. During Castra Romana, recreation of a Roman Legion encampment, Legion soldiers will live, eat and sleep in tents, demonstrate combat skills, marching drills and show what life was like for a typical soldier of Imperial Rome. In downtown Mobile, February 3-4, to complement the exhibition A Day in Pompeii.	Man holding cloth to mouth. Pompeii is perhaps most famous for the body casts of the victims of the Vesuvius eruption. Eight will be displayed in Mobile with the exhibition A Day in Pompeii. The photo is of the cast of a man who died sitting with his back to a wall and knees drawn up. Photo credit: Copyright Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali-Soprintendenza archeologica de Pompei.	Statue of Aphrodite. This small statue of Aphrodite originally stood in a garden of a great villa of Pompeii. The statue is among over 250 objects to be shown during the exhibit A Day in Pompeii in Mobile, January 12 – June 3, 2007. Photo credit: Copyright Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali-Soprintendenza archeologica de Pompei.