Pompeii Dying Under Neglect
"Chunks of frescoes depicting life in the Roman city are missing, carried away by visitors or eroded by the elements. Graffiti is gouged into walls. Tourists ignore signs forbidding flash photography as they take pictures of erotic designs inside the Lupanare, an ancient brothel. The ancient city southeast of Naples has deteriorated so much that Italy declared a state of emergency this month." Bloomberg 07/18/08

Posted July 20, 2008 09:59 AM