Italy's archaeological site Pompeii has partly reopened to the public after shutting down for over two months amid lockdown measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.Image Credit: AFP
Italy’s ancient city Pompeii reopens its ruins to public post-COVID-19 lockdown
The world-famous archaeological site reopened to the public as the COVID lockdown lifted
by Balaram Menon, Digital Content EditorA visitor walks across the archeological site of Pompeii. The ancient Roman city buried in an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and later unearthed, is ready to rise again from the catastrophe of the coronavirus pandemic.Image Credit: AFPThe sprawling archaeological site reopened to tourists on Tuesday after a closure of more than two-and-a-half months that froze the local economy much as the eruption nearly 2,000 years ago froze the city in time.Image Credit: AP“History has shown us that Pompeii is a resilient city par excellence,” said Massimo Osanna, head of the Pompeii archaeological park. “It has overcome catastrophes, earthquakes, eruptions, botched archaeological digs and illegal digs. It has shown that things can rise up from their ashes,” he said at the re-opening.Image Credit: AFPMask wearing visitors were asked to queue in special circles to ensure social distancing, offered hand sanitiser and had their temperature checked before entering the site.Image Credit: AFPVisitors walk across the archeological site of Pompeii at the bottom of the Mount Vesuvius volcano (Rear).Image Credit: AFPPeople visit the archeological site of Pompeii.Image Credit: AFPVisitors at the archeological site of Pompeii.Image Credit: APTwo women take a selfie as they visit the archeological site of Pompeii.Image Credit: APThe Casa degli Amorini Dorati (House of the Golden Cupids), at the archeological site of Pompeii.Image Credit: APA view shows the bell tower of the sanctuary of the Madonna of Pompeii from the archeological site of Pompeii.Image Credit: AFPPeople wearing a face mask visit the archeological site of Pompeii.Image Credit: AFPA view shows the archeological site of Pompeii.Image Credit: AFPPeople visit the archaeological site of Pompeii.Image Credit: APA woman at the House of Giulia Felice (Julia Felix), at the archaeological site of Pompeii.Image Credit: APVisitors enter the Casa degli Amorini Dorati (House of the Golden Cupids), at the archeological site of Pompeii.Image Credit: AP
