Tourist is caught carving initials into 2,000-year-old home at Pompeii
As a lover of history and a passionate traveler, hearing about the recent incident where a tourist was caught carving initials into a 2,000-year-old home at Pompeii deeply saddened me. It’s truly disheartening to see such blatant disregard for the sanctity of historical sites that hold immense cultural and archaeological significance.
The fact that this individual, a 37-year-old no less, thought it was acceptable to deface a site as iconic as Pompeii in order to leave his mark is mind-boggling. How does someone reach a point where they believe that their personal graffiti is more important than respecting and preserving ancient relics for future generations?… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker