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Pompeii

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Pompeii
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The Temple of Jupiter with Mount Vesuvius in the background. June, 1984


Pompeii
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Cast of human preserved at the Antiquarium (note the skull bone and teeth). June, 1987


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Destroyed former homes in Pompeii. June, 1984


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Pillars in Pompeii. June, 1984


Pompeii
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Old Roman road in Pompeii. June, 1984

Pompeii, located in present-day Naples, Italy, was a Roman village destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Pompeii was not discovered until almost 2 millennium after the pyroclastic flows buried the city.

A pyroclastic flow or nuée ardente is a fast moving superheated flow consisting primarily of gas, ash, rock and small droplets of molten lava. The temperatures can exceed 1,000 degrees C (1,830 degrees F) and move as rapidly as 700 km/hr (450 mi/hr) down the flanks of a volcano. In 79 AD, several pyroclastic flows from Mount Vesuvius buried many Roman towns most notably Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pompeii was buried in about 25 m (82 ft) of ash from the flows. The flows were hot enough to cause almost instantaneous death vaporizing the flesh.

Pompeii was not discovered until 1599 while building a channel. But the discovery was forgotten and Pompeii had to wait more than a century until it was rediscovered in 1748 by the Spanish. Excavations have continued ever since. Remarkable discoveries of human and animal bones were made inside chambers that represented casings where the flesh was vaporized. Early archaeologists injected plaster into the voids, let it dry, and chipped away the ash uncovering body forms with bones still present.


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Pompeii

The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was partially destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

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