What happened in Pompeii?

IMPORTANT NOTICE,
WE HAVE COLLECTED MORE DATA ABOUT the POMPEII TRAGEDY!

Here's what we have collected...Audiences pay attention! (Phones off please)

Mount Vesuvius

Mount vesuvius

• Located in Italy's west 
• August 24th 79 AD tragedy 
• Earthquake 16 years ago
• Eruption in Pompeii last 24 hours
• Classed as complex stratovalcano

Mount Vesuvius

• Buried Pompeii and parts of Herculanium
• Plummeted ash, rocks and hot gasses into the air. 
• One of most Dangerous Volcano
• Active, used to have a 100 year cylce
• Most recent eruption was in 1944,

Mount vesuvius

• Forgetting earthquake
• Ignored signs, Unexpected
• Killed around 16,000 people.
• Responsible for Avellino eruption, too.
• It is 1,281 m High! 

tHE TOP VIEW!

Pompeii

Pompeii

• City at the Italian West coast
• Famous for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
• evidence of how working together can help rebuild a city.
• Pompeii lacked of safety measures.
• Has beatiful architecture: Bascillas, Markets, Arenas, etc.

Pompeii

• 5 miles away from Mount Vesuvius.
• The town imported olives, oil, exotic fruits, wool, etc.
• It was a very artsy city fro that time; it attracted many tourists.
• Nearby volcanoes include Mt.Vesuvius, Stramboli and Etna.

The People

The people

• The people belived that they were being punished by god.
• One day the volcano erupted, many people died
• Many people were hiding and they were killed by hot ash
• Barely anyone escaped, there bodies were preserved
• So, their bodies were saved until now.

The people

• This helps studies when people are excavating in Pompeii
• You could see the expressions on the people's faces.
• So you could see that they struggled.
• Pompeii and the local people were famous of the city under ashes
• This place was so intact, archaeologists found lots of information.

Bodies

• The eruption killed around 2,000 people.
• They were affected by Nuee Ardente: Pyroclastic flow
• The bodies were saved in time by a thin layer of veneer plaster
• This gave them life form.
• You could even see the wrinkles on their clothes!

Young Pliny

• Young Pliny was one of the very few of the witnisses.
• His uncle was of high command but sadly did not survive.
• Because he was trying to save everyone.
• His name was Elder the Pliny.
• There's a drink named after him! "Pliny the Elder"

More insight

Would the people be able to predict the eruption? if yes, How?

• Every once in a while there were small tremors.
• The temperature was always higher by the volcano than the city.
• you could smell the sulphur around the volcano
• No because they thought the gods wanted them to die.

The effect

• The volcano expelled sulphuric gases that formed from pyroclastic flow
• People breathed in the gases, got poisoned and  suffocated to death.
• Volcanic ash showered the people and covered them, preserving them.
• This affected many people from other cities.

Rediscovery

• Pompeii was finally rediscovered.
• This happened when there was  construction for building the Sarno Canal.
• It remained untouched until 1748 when excavations began.

R.I.P Victims of Pompeii tragedy.

VOCABULARY to ACKNOWLEDGE ! =)

Stratovolcano

Pyroclastic Flow

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• When did this happen?
• Is Mount Vesuvious active?
• How far is Mount Vesuvius from Pompeii?
• How long did this eruption last?

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