My mom has a friend in New Zealand who's mother, who lives in the UK, went to Pompeii 50 years ago.
I know, it sounds like one of those rumors you heard from a friend's friend's mother's sister's husband.
So anyway, I give you these, pictures of Pompeii excavation sites from 50 years ago:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Edit: Kudos to Future Filmmaker for telling me to upload these to Photobucket.
I used ImageShack but same thing.