The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) hosted a media preview of the upcoming exhibit titled Pompeii: In the Shadow of the Volcano, which features over 200 artifacts dating back over 2,000 years when the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which led to destruction on a massive scale and the deaths of over 16,000 people.
The ROM has prepared for the opening of the exhibit by projecting a simulation of the volcano on to the facade of the ROM Crystal. The volcano projection will erupt on Friday evening.
As part of the media preview, Tenor Francesco Pellegrino opened the proceedings with a reading and a song. Tited Fronna, the above song an improvised lament sung a capella, evolved from traditional funeral laments in the countryside.
The exhibit shows various artifacts and even molds of people and animals whose forms were preserved through time as well as examples of art, design and day-to-day Pompeii life. Pompeii will run between June 13 2015, to Jan 16, 2016 before moving to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.