Pompeii sits buried under volcanic ash for over 1,700 years after Mount Vesuvius erupts on August 24, 79 AD, burying the city so completely that its streets, houses, and residents are preserved in place. This film follows the archaeological work that has reconstructed the city since, pairing physical evidence from the excavation site with computer-generated reconstructions to show what Pompeii's streets, homes, and public spaces looked like before the eruption. The focus stays on daily life: the layout of houses, the design of public buildings, and the routines of a working Roman port city rather than on the eruption alone. Scientific analysis of the ash layers and casts left by victims informs the reconstructions, giving the computer graphics a basis in physical data rather than pure speculation. The film moves between the excavated ruins as they stand today and the digital rebuilding of what once stood there, using that contrast to show how much of Pompeii's ordinary life has survived by accident under the ash.