The Last Morning in Pompeii
On August 24, 79 AD, the residents of Pompeii woke to an ordinary summer day. Bakers slid loaves into stone ovens. Merchants arranged figs and...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Matthew 24:36-44.
On August 24, 79 AD, the residents of Pompeii woke to an ordinary summer day. Bakers slid loaves into stone ovens. Merchants arranged figs and olives in the forum marketplace. A politician named Cuspius Pansa had campaign slogans freshly painted on the walls of Via dell'Abbondanza. Children played in courtyards while their parents planned evening dinner parties. Mount Vesuvius had rumbled for days.…
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