Title: Σχετικά με το κείμενο ...when time stood still... (Lesson 5, Προχωρημένοι Β Γυμνασίου)

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Q: … When Time Stood Still...

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Almost 2,000 years ago, and only a few days’ journey from Rome [...] coach, the lively city of Pompeii lay [...] the foot
of a volcano named Mount Vesuvius.

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Pompeii was a dynamic, commercial centre full of life. There were dozens of shops where shopkeepers sold jewellery
and perfumes, potters worked with clay, and metalworkers and glassblowers amazed passers-by [...] their skill.
There were theatres, bars, taverns and public baths where people used to go to relax and socialise. There was also an
amphitheatre where people used to watch gladiators fight.

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Vesuvius had not erupted in more than a thousand years. There had been an earthquake some years earlier, but no
one could imagine what would follow… Then, [...] August AD 79, the earth started to shake again, and a few hours later,
the volcano erupted [...] a tremendous bang. Tons of rocks, ash and hot lava buried Pompeii. Buildings collapsed, fires broke [...] everywhere. It was a terrifying scene. People everywhere were
screaming, children were crying, and others were praying for the destruction to stop. For the city of Pompeii, time stopped here.

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[...] 1748, when archaeologists began excavations, they discovered that the lava had not only destroyed Pompeii, but it had also preserved it. Everything was found exactly the way it had been almost two thousand years ago. Archaeologists found shops, temples, a theatre, wall paintings. The hot ashes had hardened around people’s bodies preserving the positions they were in [...] the time of the eruption.
The bodies had turned [...] dust, but by pouring plaster into holes in the hardened ash, archaeologists were able to make out their shapes. [...] some cases, they could even see the expression on a person’s face. Inside the houses they found a half-eaten loaf of bread, eggs, a kettle on the fire. They even found a sign at the entrance of a house saying ‘Cave Canem’, which means: ‘Beware of the Dog’!

Adapted from: “Lost Civilisations: Pompeii, The Vanished City”, Time Life Publications
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