“Volcanoes. Call them Alpha and Omega. The beginning and the end” (Pellegrino 3). Volcanoes have been found, studied and have been erupting forever. Volcanoes are a well-known piece of nature, but have you ever been involved in a volcanic eruption before? The conditions are horrible, the sky is black, the city becomes dark and you can no longer see the sun. You can barely breathe and the volcano spews out a tsunami-sized avalanche of ash. What would someone do in that situation? Likewise, the city of Pompeii had an eruption and no one knew what to do because no one had ever seen anything like it in their previous time. Imagine a person in that situation, who doesn't know what to do and runs for his life, but can't find a place to hide, or a place to find and take refuge in. That same eruption is the one that radically changed the city many centuries ago. Pompeii, the small city next to the great Mount Vesuvius, was about to change forever, so much so that many considered it "The City Frozen in Time" due to how it had been preserved by the ashes of the earth. The tragic eruption of Pompeii changed the way people look at nature, especially in the form of volcanoes and natural disasters. Pompeii has left a large imprint on human culture thanks to its famous mountain, its eruption and its astonishing burial and preservation. Some might wonder what Pompeii really is. Some might think that it is simply a city buried by a volcano, but in reality there is much more to the story. Pompeii, the city said to be frozen in time, is an Italian city founded in the 8th century BC, located about five miles from Vesuvius. According to Current Science, Pompeii is estimated to have left a lasting impact on life here on Earth. What they did in Pompeii will never be forgotten, and the city said to be frozen in time will soon be thawed. Pompeii tells a story that cannot be rewritten. The story is unique and interesting to think about, because no other story is told about such a large volcano destroying a city. Pompeii will forever be remembered in history and has definitely left a lasting imprint and an ancient city behind its path, where people can study, analyze and learn more about our past and what was happening in that time and how it has changed . they hit people right now today. Overall, it could be said that Pompeii has influenced our lives today and changed them so that the whole world can be more self-aware and more prepared for things like this, as well as proving that something like this could very well happen again..