What Happened In Pompeii 2000 Years Ago

Ancient remains of a horse that died 2 000 years ago pictured in the inferno that obliterated pompeii have been discovered thanks to the help of tomb raiders.
What happened in pompeii 2000 years ago. Pompeii p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ i latin. When i saw the volcano erupt it was like nothing i had ever seen before. I thought it was going to be my end wrote tim who was a black smith this picture shows mount vesuvius erupting in 1944. Nearly 2 000 years ago pompeii was a bustling city located in what is now southern italy.
Pompeii was a roman town in southern italy. Mount vesuvius created a one of a kind time capsule through this awful disaster that happened almost 2000 years ago. Either way the eruption that buried pompeii was nearly 2 000 years ago. Why is pompeii so famous.
What happened nearly 2 000 years ago pompeii was covered under 18 feet of ash and pumice completely burying thousands of people. The ash cooled long ago. 79 the nearby mount vesuvius volcano erupted. Herculaneum was covered by 25 meters 82 feet thick layer of rock five times thicker than pompeii.
Pompeii hero pliny the elder may have been found 2 000 years later. The town was excavated 1 600 years later and the remains of many items buildings and people were found in a petrified state as they were at the time of the. At boscoreale stabiae was buried under 4 to 6 m 13 to 20 ft of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79. If you were here 2 000 years ago you would approach by boat and pull up on a beach says conservator farella leading me along a ramp past the.
First pompeii was buried by volcanic ash not lava. Pɔmˈpeːjjiː was an ancient city located in what is now the comune of pompei near naples in the campania region of italy pompeii along with herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area e g. But in the summer of a d. Almost overnight pompeii and many of its 10 000 residents vanished under a blanket of ash.
Ironically it protected the site from invaders natural disasters and stopped the natural process of decay. It spewed smoke and toxic gas 20 miles into the air which soon spread to the town. On 24 august 79ad was buried under volcanic ash and rock following the eruption of the volcano mount vesuvius. The fall and rise and fall of pompeii.