Herculaneum

thousands years old. It has erupted over 50 times. The most famous eruption was in 79 A.D. where the volcano “Froze” the town of Pompeii. The volcano also did the same amount of damage to the town of Herculaneum. A 100 mile round pyroclastic surge of superheated poison gas and pulverized rock poured down the mountain and took everything in its path.…

The 79AD eruption is one of the most well known in the world, killing approximately 16 000 people. Ash, mud and rocks from this eruption covered the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pompeii is known for its casts of people and animals frozen in time, which are a popular tourist attraction today. Mount Vesuvius experienced many violent eruptions from that late 1700s to the early 1900s, these eruptions damaged or destroyed many towns surrounding the volcano, some resulting in casualties. The…

them want to keep peace (Pliny, XVI, 491). Pliny goes on to say that Italy had won the war, because the reed that grows from the river in Bologna trumped all other reeds that were suitable for an arrow. The Reno reed contains the largest amount of pith, it has the best flying weight and a great balance make it the superior reed. Even then, it is said that the reeds from India are placed as the best reed of them all, making some people believe that they belong to a different species (Pliny,…

The ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were very open to other cultures compared to other non-roman cities. various buildings for example temples and shrines and artefacts such as cult objects can show the religious and cultural influences of foreign religions and cults in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Due to the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 these buildings and artefacts have been preserved. Due to Pompeii expansive trading with the Hellenic east these foreign religions and cults…

A.D. This catastrophic eruption took place in southern Italy, and completely devastated the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing thousands of people. What was most memorable about this infamous disaster was how Pompeii and Herculaneum became frozen in time from the Volcano’s eruption. The cities and their inhabitants became buried under thick layers of volcanic material, ash, and mud, and were never rebuilt. Mount Vesuvius remains the only active volcano in mainland…

POMPEII Pompeii was a town 220 kilometres south east of Rome. Many people moved to Pompeii for its fertile soil and volcanic ash. 17 years before the eruption a staggering earthquake hit Pompeii and Herculaneum. On the 24h of August 79ce, the volcano Vesuvius erupted. It was an eruption that lasted 24 hours. The eruption was cast into 2 stages. The first part was were the volcano released debris into the air almost twice the height of Mount Everest. The second part was when all of the debris…

Vesuvius erupted on the afternoon of August 24, 79 CE. Most of the fatalities that occurred during the eruption were not from lava but instead falling debris caused by the weight of all the ash piling onto the roofs of the houses. And if that didn’t kill them than they would have been asphyxiated from the lack of oxygen. Over 2,000 people died. On the bright side, the city would be excellently preserved under all 23 feet of ash for over 17 centuries. This factor would make the ancient city of…

already. Instead of uncovering more of the ancient city, while the uncovered parts are deteriorating day by day. The city of Pompeii was lost once, no one wants to lose it again. Pompeii was announced as one of the world’s most endangered sites by the New York-Based World Monuments Funds. “You think, ‘Wow, I can just touch everything here,” …. “ I like the freedom to roam unobserved, but if it’s being destroyed, you must do everything you can to save it. This place needs more security.”…

contained its own local senate, an amphitheater and an odeion. At the time Pompeii had between 10,000-12,000 people living within the city and of those one third were slaves1. The city of Herculaneum is situated at the west side of Mt. Vesuvius. The city was named after the Greek hero Hercules due to the city being founded by Greeks. Before the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius, Herculaneum was severely damaged by an earthquake and the city was not able to reconstruct before the explosion. The city…

from Pompeii in 1599. A lot of the artifacts are preserved in the Naples National Archaeological Museum. King Francis of Naples visited the excavation site himself with his wife and daughter. The heat from the volcano was 482ºF (250ºC) and would cause instant death even if people were in secure buildings. People buried in ash were wearing heavy clothing despite the hot weather from the August heat. The eruption engulfed the city in thousands of tons of ash. Pompeii’s time is 9 hours…