Where did the ancient Roman city that has been missing for thousands of years go?

Thousands of years ago, the ancient city of Rome disappeared overnight. Many people died in their sleep. Some people die at home. They held their arms high and gasped. Many people still have bread on the oven, and dogs are tied to the chain next to the door. Slaves also carry ropes. There are papyrus scrolls on the shelves of the library, and election slogans and love words on the walls.

in the spring of 1748, a farmer named Andre was digging his vineyard. He raised his hoe and clicked, as if he had dug a big stone, but he couldn't pull it out with all his strength. He hurried to his brother and sister for help. When they dug up the earth and stones, they found that the hoe had penetrated a metal cabinet, so they dug out the cabinet with both hands and opened it, and found that there were many melted and semi-melted gold and silver jewelry and ancient coins inside. The news came that the farmers who planted grapes in this land suddenly remembered the legend that Pompeii disappeared from his ancestors, so treasure thieves flocked, and then a group of historians and archaeologists came here to carry out archaeology. Later, on the advice of experts, the Italian government began to organize scientists to excavate the ancient city of Pompeii in an orderly manner in 1876. After more than 1 years' unremitting efforts by experts of seven or eight generations and the hard maintenance of thousands of staff in Qian Qian, the ancient city of Pompeii is truly presented to the world.

"What a shocking sight," said Vanya, a historian who participated in the discovery of Pompeii. Many people died in their sleep, others died at the door, arms held high, out of breath; Many people still have bread on their stoves and dogs chained in front of their doors; A slave tied with a rope; There is a roll of papyrus on the shelf of the library, and the slogan of love is stuck on the wall ... "These scenes fully show how tens of thousands of people in the ancient city were suddenly torn from the life chain! When I saw the bodies of men, women and children (mostly fossils) displayed in sealed glass at Pompeii, I felt scared. In the face of the eternal interface between the universe and nature, people must first respect nature, protect ecology and compete with nature. How small and powerless people look!

Today, the ancient city of Pompeii has been listed as a world cultural and natural heritage by UNESCO. Tourists call it "Museum of Natural History", which attracts tens of thousands of tourists from all over the world every day. I shuttled through the streets of the ruins of the ancient city, entering and leaving half-dead houses, villas, trading markets, shops, bakeries, hot springs, warehouses, theaters, arenas and sports fields, knowing nothing about the ups and downs of the tide and imagination.

Although only one third of Pompeii's visitors are open today, the rest are still buried underground. But from 1.8 square kilometers of land, I saw dozens of streets and alleys covered with white and blue boulders. The streets and alleys are very neat. The small one is two meters wide and the big one is four or five meters wide. Just like Chang 'an in Tang Dynasty. I found that every sidewalk here is one to twenty centimeters higher than the road. On closer inspection, it turns out that the carriages in ancient Rome were very developed, leaving a deep rut in the middle of the road. The rut has worn away an inch or two. At that time, it seemed that the carriages of warriors and nobles always galloped in the middle of the road, while slaves and humble citizens who bowed their heads and eyebrows could only walk beside them.

at all intersections, I didn't expect that, like today's zebra crossing, a raised "car barrier" with a height of about 3 cm was set at each intersection. When the speeding car sees the "partition stone" near the intersection, it will naturally slow down and the vehicle can only slowly pass through the gap between the stones. At this moment, it suddenly occurred to me that the zebra crossing on the road today was invented by the ancient Romans, right? In many streets and intersections, I also saw large stone grooves engraved with relief. The reliefs or gods, animal heads or fish mouths on the stone trough are connected with copper pipes and faucets. Once it rotates, there will be a gurgling mountain spring flowing out for pedestrians to drink or wash. At present, many stations, docks, airports, parks, sports fields and streets in developed countries are also equipped with tap water for direct drinking. At this time, I thought: Is this setting in many big cities the inspiration of Pompeii more than 2, years ago?

In addition to all kinds of murals and exquisite mosaics, there are houses, shops and villas, as well as all kinds of strange-shaped ceramics and glassware. The ancient city of Pompeii is intoxicating and imaginative. What's more, the 5,-seat marble amphitheater, the 3,-seat Colosseum and the 4,-seat stadium surprised me, and I felt reverence: the humanistic quality and social development vision of the ancient Romans are still admirable even today after 2 years ...