Pompeii, House of the Vettii. Atrium

The home of the Vettii brothers was about the most lavishly decorated in the town, with a series of rooms with art on the walls, surrounding an atrium. Lead pipes in the atrium were still available to carry water for the fountains, just as soon as the excavation was complete. We were told they were the original, but don’t really know if the pipes seen here are 2,000 years old, or if these might have been added in the past century or two.