Similarities and Differences in what the city looked like THEN and NOW
Now, after being uncovered, multiple tests are being done to try and find out information on what Pompeii was before the eruption. Lots of people are researching Pompeii and investigating try to find more detail on this amazing place. Pompeii is being developed and being rebuilt. It wasn't until the houses began to be rebuilt and re roofed in around 1900 that Pompeii became like the ancient city we now visit - until, that is, the site was heavily bombarded by the Allies in World War II (in what really was enemy action, with more than 160 bombs released on the place). Parts of what we now see are a rebuild of a rebuild.