Designed as representative of the rooms unearthed at Pompeii which were covered by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, circa 79 AD The Pompeiian Room is accented by detailed artwork on the friezes and columns, done freehand, making it one of the most expensive in the Temple to complete. Benches and furnishings are wood reproductions of originals, which were usually made of ivory or onyx. The carpets in this room, as in all of the Temple’s artistic rooms, were hand-woven by the Donegal Rug Company in Ireland, and are wool's mixed with camel hair.