Pompeii

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…

In the sections I was assigned of The Natural History, Pliny goes on to talk about the Helix and its characteristics, different types of Ivy and how they vary from one another, Smilax, and water plants and how people had different uses of them. For example, people used Reed to make arrows. This paper will provide a summary on what Pliny touched upon in passage 334, as well as problems that may arise with Pliny’s depiction of these plants. This paper will also touch on who Pliny was and whether…

eruptions in European history is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 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…

assignment I am informing about the most dangerous Volcano in the world, the Mount Vesuvius Volcano. In the year of 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted in one of the most catastrophic and famous eruptions of all time. Mount Vesuvius destroyed the city of Pompeii in A.D. 79.…

around its base (figure 1). It is over 17,000 years old and the last eruption occurred in 1944 which was during the Second World War. The volcano is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that damaged many houses and killed many people in the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Furthermore, it is one of the many volcanos which form the Campanian volcanic arc. Mount Vesuvius is located in Italy, Europe on the Gulf of Naples which is about 9 km east of Naples (Figure 2 & 3). The volcano actually sits…

Rome: a place of architecture, beauty, and culture; in A.D. 79 an event of unspeakable terror happened. One that destroyed an entire city. In the quiet village of Pompeii, children run about. Merchants sell their goods. Nobility feast upon delectable foods. The day before had been Vulcanalia, the festival for Vulcan, the god of fire, which was ironic considering what would happen next. Mount Vesuvius started spurting tephra and several gases, blasting 33 kilometers into the air creating…

There was a time when I lived in a world surrounded by a grey cloud that followed me everywhere I went. I was always haunted by an invisible timer that weighed down my shoulders. It would taunt me. Hanging up on the ceiling like a chandelier. It ticked and my eyes watered as the sounds of the ticking were amplified by my fears. In reality the ticking emulated the sounds of pennies dropping into pavement but in my mind it erupted like thunder. It rose with the sun one morning and refused to set.…

The topic of Pompeii was chosen because it is an incredibly interesting example of natural preservation, and it gives the clearest example of how an ancient society functioned at the time. Some of the most notable objects preserved are a loaf of bread, medical instruments, gold earrings, and many statues. Yet, the most iconic and beautifully horrific examples of things preserved are the human bodies that have been found under nine feet of of material. These bodies left a void in the ground to…

HSIE Geography Assessment Task 2 By Josh Borro (Mount Vesuvius, Italy) Spatial Distribution of the Disaster: In the year 74 AD, 24th of August, a volcano named Mount Vesuvius erupted and caused mass destruction in Pompeii, Italy during Midday. The eruption lasted for more than 24 hours causing parts of the nearby environment to be negatively affected. According to figure number one, Mt Vesuvius is located in the Metropolitan City of Italy. The location of this particular point is 40.822383…

hazardous volcanoes in the world because of the population of 3,000,000 people living nearby and its violent tendency. Mount Vesuvius might be most known for its eruption in AD 79. That eruption led to the burying and ruin of the Roman cities of Pompeii…