00:03In the year 79 AD Mount Vesuvius erupted. The storied explosion hit the nearby town of Pompeii
00:09with fiery gas and debris, casting the city in a layer of ash that has preserved it for
00:14nearly 2,000 years. Which is why experts are still making discoveries in one of the world's
00:19most unique archaeological sites. And the most recent has to do with the city's construction.
00:24Recent excavations have unearthed not only ancient building materials like bricks and
00:27piles of limestone, which the archaeologists believe were for wall construction, but they
00:31also found ancient Pompeian tools of the trade, revealing they were using the same building
00:35materials, tools, and methods of the ancient Romans. Revealing just how ubiquitous the empire's
00:41impact was. With the director of the Pompeii archaeological park saying about it, quote,
00:46This explains why the ancient Romans were able to build these great amphitheaters, aqueducts,
00:50and works that we see all over the ancient Mediterranean. Adding that the small city of
00:55Pompeii, which had only around 13,000 residents at the time of the Vesuvius eruption, helps
00:59us better understand the Roman Empire at large. Just one more secret from Pompeii, trapped in
01:05ash and time.
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