Not far from Naples, a strange town sleeps quietly in the Italian hot sun. That's Pompeii. There is no other city in the world like Pompeii. In Pompeii, there are no other creatures except crickets, beetles and lizards, but thousands of people come to visit from different countries not far from Wan Li every year. Pompeii is a dead city. To be exact, no one has lived here for two thousand years since the summer of 79 AD. Until that summer, Pompeii was a prosperous city with a population of 25,000, and not far from it was the Bay of Naples, a harbor in the blue Mediterranean. Some rich people came here from rich Rome to build seaside villas. Pompeii is surrounded by farmland. Behind the city stands Mount Vesuvius, which is 4000 feet high. On the hillside covered with green grass, shepherds are eating grass with their sheep. Pompeii is a busy and happy city. However, in a terrible fire and volcanic ash attack, the city was destroyed. This tragedy happened on August 24th, 79 AD. Vesuvius volcano. This mountain range, which has been sleeping for centuries, suddenly broke out violently. Tons of hot volcanic ash fell on Pompeii, blocking people's sight. For three days, the sun couldn't pass through the clouds filled with volcanic ash. When the volcanic eruption ended, Pompeii was buried deep. This city will disappear. Centuries passed and Pompeii was almost forgotten. However, it was rediscovered after 1700 years. Under the protection of volcanic ash, the city lay there intact. Everything was the day Vesuvius erupted. There is still unfinished bread in the bakery oven. In the red wine shop, the jars are still there. In front of the counter, the traces of people throwing down their glasses and running for their lives are clearly visible. Today's trip to Pompeii can be called a trip back in time, and the ancient city seems to be full of vitality around you. You can almost hear the pounding of hooves in the narrow streets, the crying of children and the laughter of shopkeepers. The blue sky in Wan Li and Wan Li are cloudless, and the hot summer sun hangs high in the air. Behind the city, the grassy hillside of Vesuvius volcano stretches into the sky, and the sun shines on the water surface of the bay 1000 yards outside the city wall. Ships from all over the world are parked in the harbor, and different languages can be heard in the streets. This is Pompeii's last day. Today, volcanic ash has been removed, and you need a rich imagination to restore it to reality. At the dawn of August 24th, 79 AD, people in Pompeii ushered in a new day in the hot summer. It turned out that there was a game in the arena that night. Everyone in the city is looking forward to the bloody battle of the gladiators. The children go to school with slates behind their dogs. In the town square, all the important people get together after breakfast to read the posted political announcements. Elsewhere in the square, wool merchants are talking about business; The tourists who just got up in the hotel are still yawning for breakfast. In the quiet morning, time goes by slowly. There is nothing unusual about Pompeii. But a tragedy is approaching, and a great force is about to erupt under the vine-covered hillside of Mount Vesuvius. At one o'clock in the afternoon, this force reached a critical point. The volcano erupted and thousands of people died. Pompeii at the foot of the mountain is four miles from the top of the mountain, and the huge explosion is clearly audible. "What's that?" People ran from city to city crying. They stared at each other, guessing and worrying. Do the gods fight in heaven? "Look!" Someone shouted, "Look at Mount Vesuvius!" Thousands of eyes looked up, thousands of arms pointed there, and a dark cloud rose from the broken top of the mountain, rising higher and higher, reaching out to fill in the blanks like a big tree and spreading like branches. After a few minutes, the explosion gradually disappeared, but everyone could still hear the echo. The dark clouds of Vesuvius continue to rise, as dark as night, rising higher and higher. A strange rain began to fall-stone rain. These stones are very light. This is pumice, and most of it is mixed with bubbles in the air. These pumice stones poured down like a downpour. But these pumice stones are hardly damaged. What the hell happened? People in Pompeii asked each other, and they flocked to the temples-Cupid, Apollo and Zeus. The priests tried to keep the residents calm, and it got dark. After an hour, everything became dark and everything was so chaotic. The people of Pompeii now know that bad luck is coming. They were even more afraid when a huge lime rain fell from the sky. The wooden roofs of some houses began to catch fire under the scorching of lime. Other buildings were also crushed by pumice. In the first few hours, only some alert people managed to escape. A wealthy wool merchant called on the whole family to put all the jewels and money in the cloth bag. Lighting the torch, he led a small group of people onto Nightmare Street. In the first few hours, hundreds of Pompeii fled. They stumbled in the dark and managed to rush to the gate. Then, walk out of the gate and walk to the port. Some of them got on the boat, left there, survived and told us about the destruction of their city. Others prefer to stay in the city, curl up in temples, or simply hide in public bathrooms and wine cellars at home. They still hope that the nightmare will end soon. In the evening, a new disaster awaits Pompeii. Soon the earth began to shake violently, and the roof suddenly collapsed, instantly burying hundreds of people who still had a chance. In the town square, the tall building columns collapsed, and the whole ancient city seemed to be held by a huge fist and left at its mercy. Three feet thick pumice covered the whole ground. Dust is floating in the air, and toxic gases are floating from the crater, although people still have a breath. Collapsed roofs can be seen everywhere, and the air is filled with cries of casualties. Darkness and smoke blind people running around. They crowded from street to street and ran frantically to safety on the collapsed roof. Many people crowded into the blocked street and finally found that the collapsed building blocked the way. They dare not move, just wait there, expecting the bad luck to end soon. The deeper the terrible night, the stronger the poison gas in the city. People can protect themselves from pumice, but they can't escape the poisonous gas. Hundreds of people died. Carbon monoxide hinders the body's absorption of oxygen. Carbon monoxide poisoning people get more and more tired until they finally lose consciousness and can't wake up again. Throughout Pompeii, people are like lying on a bed made of pumice, smoked down by poison gas, and death is quietly coming to them. Although in this endless night, Pompeii wandered in the streets, or huddled in dilapidated homes, or gathered in temples to pray. By the next morning, few people were still alive. Mount Vesuvius kept throwing pumice and ashes into the air, and soon the streets of Pompeii were filled with these ashes. At noon on August 25, exactly 24 hours after the first volcanic eruption, the volcanic ash from the second eruption went straight to the top of the mountain like a dark cloud. The wind even blew volcanic ash to Rome. But most of the ashes fell on Pompeii. The deadly lime rain entered the next day. But in fact, no matter how long the eruption lasts, it makes no sense to Pompeii. Because at noon on August 25th, Pompeii has become a dead city.