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  2. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD - Wikipedia

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    The first day of the eruption had little effect on Misenum. [15] Pompeii is never mentioned in Pliny the Younger's letter. [17] Around 1:00 p.m., Mount Vesuvius erupted violently, spewing up a high-altitude column from which ash and pumice began to fall, blanketing the area. [15] Rescues and escapes occurred over the next few hours. [15]

  3. Pompeii - Wikipedia

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    Pompeii (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/ ⓘ pom-PAY(-ee), Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

  4. Pompeii DNA evidence leads to surprising new discovery about ...

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    A view of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city near modern Naples in Italy, is seen in 1979. An estimated 2,000 people died in the city during the eruption of the nearby Mount Vesuvius. ((AP Photo, File))

  5. Pompeii: The Last Day - Wikipedia

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    Pompeii: The Last Day is a 2003 dramatized documentary that tells of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius towards the end of August 79 CE. [1] [2] This eruption covered the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and pumice, killing a large number of people trapped between the volcano and the sea.

  6. 2 victims of ancient Pompeii eruption found, along with gold ...

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    An archaeologist works on the recently discovered remains of a victim in the archaeological site of the ancient city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in AD 79 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in ...

  7. A DNA Discovery Shatters the Truth About Pompeii’s ... - AOL

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    The Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. blanketed Pompeii in destruction. To preserve the historical nature of the event and help tell the stories of the residents of the city, some of the victims ...

  8. Conservation issues of Pompeii and Herculaneum - Wikipedia

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    They are most renowned for their destruction: both were buried in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. [1] For over 1,500 years, these cities were left in remarkable states of preservation underneath volcanic ash, mud and rubble. The eruption obliterated the towns but in doing so, was the cause of their longevity and survival over the centuries.

  9. Pompeii's victims weren't only killed by a volcanic eruption ...

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    Two newly discovered skeletons found at the doomed Roman town of Pompeii show that the Vesuvius volcano eruption also triggered deadly earthquakes. Pompeii's victims weren't only killed by a ...