Herculaneum

As you walk the streets of pompeii, there are hundreds of people that surround you screaming, pushing, falling, panicking, all trying to escape the volcanic ash as Mount Vesuvius erupts completely burying the city of pompeii. From every direction as you listen, you can hear the sounds of terror, buildings collapsing, the ground rumbling, and the overturning of all the markets, but through it all, your hand is raised to your ear in search of the one who’s voice you fell in love with, Glaucus. As…

Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD and covered herclum in mud and ash, this paper will talk about the causes of volcanic eruptions, what happened In pompeii and herculaneum, and what was my personal reaction What Causes a Volcano to Erupt A buildup of pressure and less dense magma on the bottom can cause an explosive eruption. An eruption from a volcano can also be because of an earthquake that shakes the volcano and makes it unstable. An explosive eruption will cause rocks and ash to fall from the…

In Pompeii, religion shows an influence Egyptian culture. In particular, the Egyptian goddess Isis, goddess of health, marriage and wisdom, had a notable presence in Pompeii. One of the most notable influences Isis and the Egyptian culture had on Pompeii was the Temple of Isis, erected in devotion to her within the city. The temple was situated near the Large Amphitheatre in the Pompeiian Forum. Source A also shows the influence of Egyptian culture. It depicts a marble statue of Isis, found in…

abolished. The region that Pompeii and Herculaneum located in possesses a Mediterranean climate. A Mediterranean climate is hot with plenty of sunshine for the most part. However, it does rain fairly often because of its relation to the sea. These two cities were also located dangerously close to Mount Vesuvius. This relation to Mount Vesuvius is what ultimately caused the downfall of Pompeii and…

volcanic slopes and destroy everything in their path. Vesuvius has experienced eight major eruptions in the last 17,000 years, but none is more notes worthy than the eruption of 79AD. This eruption buried the nearby city of Pompeii and the town of Herculaneum and killed almost everything in its violent…

The Aqua Augusta aqueduct system was built to provide water to Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as to at least six other ancient cities in the bay of Naples. It is one of the most complex, large and was the costliest aqueducts systems to be built. Pompeii originally received its water supply from the Sarno river, rainwater and wells, but the aqueduct was required when the population grew and their needs increased. Pipes (were made of lead, the Romans were unknowingly poisoning themselves) ran…

Some stories of hercules wrote that he worshipped there with Venus. They also wrote that he travelled there on his journeys, and said the land was full of Giants and robbers. There is/was a town there that is/was named herculaneum. Many people debate over if this town was named after Hercules or not. It is also said that the god Venus and Hercules were worshipping something when the eruption of 79 AD happened. This eruption and many more devastated the people living…

ten feet of tephra buried Pompeii. Herculaneum which was located on the slope of the mountain was covered in seventy-five feet of ash after the first phase of the eruption. This was the plinian stage in which no lava flows actually occurred. This is how it is known that the people of Pompeii were not killed due to extreme temperature in lava, but rather suffocated by ash. Mount Vesuvius had killed 2,000 people alone in Pompeii, but the death toll of Herculaneum was never totaled. Bodies in the…

Pompeii is one of the most well-known ancient cities in the world. However, at the height of its existence, it was just another Roman city. What makes Pompeii so important to us today is how well it was preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Nevertheless, there are still many unanswered questions about the city. Mary Beard defined it as the Pompeii Paradox, or the fact that we “simultaneously know a huge amount and very little about ancient life there.” Although the eruption of Mount…

A stratovolcano that caused a Plinian eruption in 79 AD, this volcano killed around 16,000 people when it covered the town of Herculaneum on August 24th, and killed 2,000 residents of Pompeii the next day. Mount Vesuvius located in Naples, Italy is part of the Campanian Arc of volcanoes along a subduction zone created by the African and Eurasian plates. It runs the length of the Italian…