824 Pre-Columbian Mexico City; Unearthing Pompeii; Shortest History of France
3/7/202652 min
Get tips for experiencing what remains of Aztec culture in modern-day Mexico City. Then hear about what recent excavations in Pompeii are revealing about first-century life in the Roman Empire. And join a historian in considering how the cultures of France's many neighboring countries have long shaped and enriched its identity.
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First 90 secondsRick Steves· Host0:00
[gentle music] You can step back in time when you visit the pre-Colombian sites of Mexico City, but you'll also find its Aztec culture is alive and well in the neighborhood of Xochimilco.
David Lida· Guest0:09
It's a vibrant, active community that still exists today.
Rick Steves· Host0:15
Look at what we're learning about life in the 1st century Roman Empire from what they're finding at Pompeii.
Gabriel Zuchtriegel· Guest0:20
You feel as if people had just left a few minutes ago, and in, in truth, it's 2,000 years.
Rick Steves· Host0:27
The director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park tells us how we can witness life in a Roman city as if it was yesterday. And consider how much of an influence its neighbors have had over the centuries in fashioning today's nation of France.
Colin Jones· Guest0:41
Immigration, and indeed not just the people, but of ideas and values and things, has a huge history in France, and is an integral part of what we think of as French identity.
Rick Steves· Host0:52
Time travel with us for the hour ahead. It's Travel with Rick Steves. We're getting in touch with people who came before us today on Travel with Rick Steves. The director of Italy's Pompeii Archaeological Park returns to share more of what they're uncovering about 1st century life in the Roman Empire. And historian Colin Jones tells us how the historically porous borders of France have brought in immigrants and influences over the centuries that have made France into the kind of country the whole world wants to visit. Let's start today's Travel with Rick Steves with David Lida in Mexico City. When