Emily Chan
The limbs of the stick figures seem to grow from their heads, a characteristic that has been consistent in children’s drawings over time. Even kids today take a similar approach.
In a storage room, several other illustrations were located one and a half feet up the wall. They depicted three small hands, two people playing with a ball, a wild boar, and two gladiators lying on the ground.
Before its destruction, Pompeii served as a prosperous center of trade for more than 600 years, making it rife with archaeological discoveries. In recent years, archaeologists have also excavated decorative frescoes and erotic art.
