Pompeii's Antiquarium Museum has reopened to the public (36 years after an earthquake forced it to close.) The new exhibition includes an audio-visual recreation of what the ancient Roman city was like before and during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Pompeii's Antiquarium Museum has reopened to the public (36 years after an earthquake forced it to close.) The new exhibition includes an audio-visual recreation of what the ancient Roman city was like before and during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fio'relli designed the initial museum, which contained archaeological finds including molds of the bodies of people who were trapped in the ash. The musuem was destroyed by bombs in 1943, and reorganized in 1948 by Amedeo Mai'uri. It closed in 1980 after the Naples earthquake.

Now it's open to visitors once again, featuring a permanent exhibition called "Sacra Pompei'ana", dedicated to the places of worship for pre-Roman Pompeii. The exhibition continues in the Villa Imperiale, a luxurious building of the first century AD, never before open to the public.

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD covering the Roman city of Pompeii in volcanic ash, and capturing everything from human beings to food exactly where they were at that moment.