ʻO Pompeii kahi kahua archaeological nui ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Campania o Italia, kokoke i ke kahakai o ke kai o Naples. I kekahi manawa he kūlanakauhale Roma maikaʻi a maikaʻi. Ua kanu ʻia ʻo Pompeii ma lalo o nā mika o ka lehu a me ka pumice ma hope o ka hū ʻana o ka mauna ʻo Vesuvius i ka makahiki 79 AD ʻO ka wahi i mālama ʻia e hōʻike ana i nā wahi i ʻeli ʻia o nā alanui a me nā hale e hiki ai i nā malihini ke ʻimi manuahi.

ʻO nā frescoes nani a me nā palapala i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma waena o nā waiwai i ʻike ʻia i loko o ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i nā makahiki he nui o ke kahua archeological kaulana honua Pompeii.

Wahi a ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina, ua ʻike ka hana paʻakikī i kahi pūʻali koa o nā limahana e hoʻoikaika i nā pā, hoʻoponopono i nā hale hiolo a ʻeli i nā wahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia o ka pūnaewele sprawling, ka lua o ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ma Italia ma hope o Roma's Colosseum.

Ua ʻike ʻia nā mea hou ma nā wahi neoneo ʻaʻole i ʻimi ʻia e nā kālaihonua o kēia wā ma ia kahua.

Ua ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe archeologists i ʻOkakopa i kahi fresco e hōʻike ana i kahi gladiator ʻaʻahu ʻia e kū lanakila ana i ka wā e kahe ana ke koko o kona hoa paio ʻeha, pena ʻia i loko o kahi hale ʻaina i manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mea hakakā a me nā wahine hoʻokamakama.

A ma 2018, ua wehe ʻia kahi palapala e hōʻike ana ua luku ʻia ke kūlanakauhale kokoke i Naples ma hope o ʻOkakopa 17, 79 AD, ʻaʻole ma ʻAukake 24 e like me ka mea i manaʻoʻiʻo mua ʻia.

(Ka Papa Haʻawina/Keʻena Paʻi o ka Pompeii Archaeological Park/AFP)

Nā kikoʻī fresco. (Ke Keʻena Haʻawina/Paʻi Paʻi

Hoʻomaka ʻia i ka makahiki 2014, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā hui o nā archaeologists, architects, engineers, geologists and anthropologists a ua kūʻai ʻia ʻo US $113 miliona (105 miliona euros), uhi ʻia e ka European Union.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka papahana ma hope o ka ʻōlelo ʻana a UNESCO i ka makahiki 2013 hiki iā ia ke wehe i ke kahua o kāna kūlana hoʻoilina honua ma hope o ke ʻano o ka hāʻule ʻana i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka mālama ʻana a me ka wā ʻino.