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How did the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 C.E. impact settlements along the Bay of Naples differently?
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the entire area around Pompeii was obliterated, things were frozen in time and preserved due to carbonization, entire towns were encased in ash
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What kind of things survived at Pompeii?
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the shell of people, and animals
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What kind of things survived at Herculaneum?
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the villa of Papyri, loaves of bread, an entire library, carbonated remains of a cradle, entire homes, skeletal remains
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What are the "living statues"?
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they are the plaster casts of people and animals caught in the eruption and died from asphyxiation
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