Resort city: is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary

component of the local culture and economy.

Wealthy: having great wealth; rich; affluent.

Ancient: very old; aged / dating from a remote period; of great age.

Carry out: to bring to a successful issue / to put into execution.

However: in whatever manner or way that.

Aqueduct: a conduit for water / a canal or passage in a part or organ.

Struck: past tense and past participle of STRIKE.

Bath: a washing or soaking (as in water or steam) of all or part of the

body.

Buried: to dispose of by depositing in or as if in the earth}

Amphitheater: an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats

ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for
contests and spectacles

Debris: the
remains of something broken down or destroyed / something
discarded.

Earthquakes: a shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or

tectonic in origin.

Nearby: close at hand.

Still: devoid of or abstaining from motion.

Rebuild: to restore to a previous state / to make extensive repairs to.

Settled: to establish in residence.

Smoke: to emit or exhale smoke.

Prime: the earliest stage.

Rising: approaching a stated age.

Trade: an exchange of property.

Merely: nothing more than.

Soil: firm land/ earth.

Until: used
as a function word to indicate continuance (as of an action or
condition) to a specified time.

earlier: before the usual or expected time.

Archeologist:
a specialist in archaeology, the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and
their cultures byanalysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc.

Also: in addition.

Gone: lost.

take over: to assume control or possession of or responsibility for.

Became: to come to be.

Casts: to cause to move or send forth by throwing.

Pouring: to cause to flow in a stream.

Uncover: to make known.

the solid residue left when combustible material is thoroughly

Ashes:
burned or is oxidized by chemical means.

Roughly: with harshness or violence