On November 29, 2019. Professor Justyna Korpak decided to take us to the archaeological museum. This output was related to the topic discussed by us in history lessons, because the exhibition was about Pompeii – an ancient city in Italy, destroyed by the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano. Interest in this city came only in the 19th century and beautiful, amazing traces of the activity of the local population were discovered.
Together with the Professor and Professor Tomasz Grandys we left school at 9:45 am and went to the museum on our feet. First, by the way, we went to the exhibition about Egypt, where we saw, among others sarcophagi with the remains of people, figurines of various rulers, hand-made vessels and tools that were used in those days.
Then it’s time for the actual part of the trip, Pompeii. After entering the exhibition, one of the students introduced us to the history of this city and the most important facts. Very interested, we started looking at the exhibition. We were able to see decorative columns, sculptures, busts, coins with embossed faces, among others Cleopatra, dishes (mostly jugs), as well as skeletons and computer reconstruction of some residents, which was very interesting because we could see what people from that period looked like.
Of course, during the return, there were also requests to hook up with McDonald’s, but it was necessary to return to history! Everyone was very pleased, having satisfied our humanistic thirst for historical knowledge, we returned to school for the next lessons. I think we all consider this trip successful. We had a great time!
We recommend the exhibition and the museum itself to everyone interested in ancient history!
