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Hello, Tom! In my work as an American historian, I'm always trying to connect events in the past with our lives today. In a similar vein, what is it about Pompeii that makes it relevant now, nearly 2,000 years later? Why do you think we're so enthralled by the way disaster captured the death throes of this city and what can it say to our lives today?

Hi Tom, it’s Helen! I was watching your interview about your new series, “Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston.” I’m now 17, the same age you were when you went to Pompeii, and I really wonder what impact that trip had on you. What feelings or experiences changed your mindset or shaped your life after seeing such an ancient place for the first time?

I’m Tom Hiddleston and I am taking a journey back in time in my new series ‘Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston’ on National Geographic. 

The ancient world has compelled my imagination and curiosity for as long as I can remember: I’ve been fascinated by it all my life. Classical Antiquity is the foundation and cornerstone of Western and European culture. To visit Pompeii is to feel the distance of the 2,000 years between now and then compress. The past becomes the present, the past feels so close. Our relationship with the past is alive — studying who we were in order to understand who we are. Pompeii is a gateway for that conversation. 

This new series presents an innovative investigation into the cities last hours and will transport the audience to Ancient Rome in the hours before and during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius guided by archaeologists, historians, geologists and disaster experts.  

We'll be back on Thursday July 16th at 8PM BST to answer your questions

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