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A 2004 documentary "Pompeii and the 79 AD eruption". TBS Channel Tokyo Broadcasting System, 120'. An hour-long drama produced for the BBC entitled Pompeii: The Last Day portrays several characters (with historically attested names but fictional stories) living in Pompeii, Herculaneum and around the Bay of Naples , and their last hours ...
Pompeii (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/ ⓘ pom-PAY(-ee); Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
[15] [16] Pliny the Younger, author of the only surviving written testimony, described the morning before the eruption as normal; however, he was staying at Misenum 29 kilometres (18 mi) from the volcano across the Bay of Naples. The first day of the eruption had little effect on Misenum. [15] Pompeii is never mentioned in Pliny the Younger's ...
The House of the Greek Epigrams (Casa degli Epigrammi Greci, V 1,18) is a Roman residence in the ancient town of Pompeii that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. It is named after wall paintings with inscriptions from Greek epigrams in a small room (y) next to the peristyle .
The Eruption Theatre will give guests a taste of the experience of being in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. Visitors start with a video that sets the stage for the events they’re ...
An archaeologist works on the recently discovered remains of a victim in the archaeological site of the ancient city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in AD 79 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in ...
New excavations in Pompeii have revealed the skeletons of three victims of the 79 AD volcanic eruption. The Pompeiians had taken refuge in a house but were killed under a collapsed attic ...
The 1645 BC eruption of Thera in the south Aegean Sea, Greece. The 400s BC eruption of the Bridge River Vent in British Columbia, Canada. The 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii, Italy. It was the prototypical Plinian eruption. The 180 AD Lake Taupo eruption in New Zealand. The 946 eruption of Paektu Mountain in China / North Korea.