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Joe Steinbring

Pompei

A silver regional train at a sunny station platform under a blue sign reading “Pompei.”
Arriving at Pompei station on a Trenitalia regional train.2022 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring
Static offline map showing Pompei in Italy with a location pin.

On March 20, 2022, my Mom and I took the train south from Fiumicino to Pompei and spent the afternoon in the ruins of Pompeii, the Roman city that Vesuvius buried in AD 79: its paved streets, the Forum, and the painted room of the Villa of the Mysteries. The next day, we saw Herculaneum, in Ercolano.

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  • A street of large paving stones between ruined walls, a woman with a cane walking beside it.

    One of Pompeii’s paved Roman streets.

    2022 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • A tall stone podium with column stumps on top, beside a brick arch opening onto a paved square.

    The side of the Temple of Jupiter, with an arch opening onto the Forum.

    2022 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • A room painted with life-size figures on a deep red wall above a black-and-white tiled floor.

    The painted room in the Villa of the Mysteries.

    2022 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

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