Task details Cities of Vesuvius – Pompeii & Herculaneum ONLY THE FIRST QUESTION The task description you have here received instructing all three questions as you can see however, I only order the...

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Effect of New Research and Technology on the Changing Interpretation of the Historical Sites
    With the emergence of new evidences, varied interpretations are made of the historical objects that are discovered. There are varied ways and approaches in which historical evidence can be interpreted ranging from the evidence found in the sites of Pompeii as well as in the historical sites of Herculaneum. Pompeii and Herculaneum are one of the significant recorded destinations that the archaeologists have exhumed and found about the lifestyle drove by the residents of the Pre-Roman culture.
    Over the years archelogists as well as historians have developed varied perspectives to interpreting evidence due to varied reasons. Firstly was the earthquake that took place in the 62 A.D in Pompeii that led to massive destruction of the buildings other structures (Aversa, Petrescu, Apicella & Petrescu, 2017). The remains of those demolished buildings can be seen in the sites of Pompeii. Several interpretations have been associated with the earthquake. In the year of 1942, Amadeo Mauri had put forward his interpretation that the remains of the buildings can be perceived as economic decline and a sudden change that had occu
ed in the society. In the year of 1992, another archaeologist named Penelope Alison had put forward the same interpretation regarding the remains of the buildings in the site of Pompeii. As per their views, the buildings needed fixes and houses were relinquished or being utilized by squatters. On the contrary Alison Cooley stated her views that the earthquake of the 62 A.D has been given more emphasis. It might be that the buildings were demolished in order to ca
y out the activities of renovation. And it was not the earthquake that had led to the destruction of the buildings.
    The lady of Oplontis was one of the historical sculptures that was found in the historical site of Pompeii. In the year of 1980, there were 75 victims of Vesuvious were found in the Oplontis that is situated near the historical site of Pompeii. A cast made out of transparent epoxy in place of plaster was created out of remains of the bodies of one of those victims. This casted structure was called the lady of Opointus. In the year of 1994, the lady of Opointus was taken to Australia and a team of medical professionals, headed by Estelle Lazer, had examined the body in order to discover certain new revelations. It was interpreted that the body was of a middle aged woman who belonged to a wealthy family as pieces of gold jewellery...