Mount Vesuvius [ erupted and buried Pompeii et al, August 24-25, A.D. 79 ]

Wheeling Jesuit University ^ | January 18, 2011 | ETE Team

[SunkenCiv]

Pliny the Elder's ship approached the shore near Pompeii.

Ashes were already falling, hotter and thicker as the ships drew near, followed by bits of pumice and blackened stones, charred and cracked by the flames . . . Meanwhile on Mount Vesuvius broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several points, their bright glare emphasized by the darkness of night. (pp. 429, 431)

But they could not land because the shore was blocked by volcanic debris, so they sailed south and landed at Stabiae. Hoping to quiet the frightened people, the uncle asked to be carried to the bath house. Afterward he lay down and ate. Next, hoping to quiet the inhabitants, he went to bed. The volcano did not do likewise, however.

By this time the courtyard giving access to his room was full of ashes mixed with pumice-stones, so that its level had risen, and if he had stayed in the room any longer he would never had got out. . . . They debated whether to stay indoors or take their chance in the open, for the buildings were now shaking with violent shocks, and seemed to be swaying to and fro as if they were torn from their foundations. Outside on the other hand, there was the danger of falling pumice-stones, even though these were light and porous. . . . As a protection against falling objects they put pillows on their heads tied down with cloths. (pp. 431, 433)

[SunkenCiv]

1932 years ago this past Wednesday (give or take the calendar adjustment)...

pompeii vesuvius august 24 site:freerepublic.com

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[Charles Henrickson]

Bush’s fault.

[ken21]

bump.

[SunkenCiv]

Pompeii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -- 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 destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in the year AD 79. The eruption buried Pompeii under 4 to 6 meters of ash and pumice, and it was lost for nearly 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1749. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. Today, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2,500,000 visitors every year... deeper digs in older parts of Pompeii and core samples of nearby drillings have exposed layers of jumbled sediment that suggest that the city had suffered from the volcano and other seismic events before then. Three sheets of sediment have been found on top of the lava that lies below the city and, mixed in with the sediment, archaeologists have found bits of animal bone, pottery shards and plants. Using carbon dating, the oldest layer has been dated to the 8th-6th centuries BC, about the time that the city was founded.

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[SunkenCiv]

Nola: A Prehistoric "Pompeii"
by Judith Harris

To date, five Bronze Age villages have been found near Vesuvius. "Obviously there were more," said Stefano de Caro, director of the Naples Archaeological Museum. "This shows how densely settled the area was even in prehistoric times." But de Caro also noted that the Nola site is by far the most complete Bronze Age village yet found: "This is the first time [in Italy] we have found everything together: the dead, dwellings, crafts, customs, food."

Bronze-Age Venice
by Jarrett A. Lobell
July/August 2002

There is evidence of stilt houses and drainage systems, and the settlements' small islets are separated by artificial canals whose edges were strengthened with vertical logs later replaced by squared timbers... The islets, joined by bridges, may have eventually been home to as many as 2,000 people and were enlarged several times over the centuries to accommodate the community's growing population. The remains of wooden huts, stands for dugout canoes, furnishings, as well as evidence of bronze and perhaps amber working, have also been found. The site was abandoned during sixth-century floods and mudslides, and scholars say it is possible that the deserters of Poggiomarino were, in fact, the founders of Pompeii.

Move Over, Pompeii
by Jarrett A. Lobell
Archaeology
March/April 2002
Volume 55 Number 2

"Since Nola is only 7.5 miles from the volcano, people probably did not have time to pack before the eruption, and left behind cooking utensils, drinking cups, hunting tools, a hat decorated with wild boars' teeth, and a pot waiting to be fired in the kiln... So far no human remains have been found at Nola -- only several footprints preserved in the mud -- but scholars believe the skeletons of a Bronze Age man and woman discovered nearby about five years ago may be associated with the prehistoric eruption as well."

Bronze Age Village
Thursday 29 November 2001

A prehistoric village has been uncovered near Pompeii, more than 3,500 years after it was buried by Mount Vesuvius as the Roman city was centuries later. Experts called the find at Nola, near Naples, "sensational" and said the site could be the world's best preserved early Bronze Age village. The site is north of both Pompeii and Vesuvius, and suggests that the community was thriving when it was surprised by the eruption. Wooden structures in the village were destroyed by the heat but the mud that filled the buildings created a natural mould of everything they contained. Archaeologists believe that a man and a woman whose skeletons were dug up five years ago had been trying to escape from the village during the eruption.

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Thanks! :’)

[JRandomFreeper]

79 AD... Justinian or Gregorian? Becuase it's off by a few days either way.

/johnny

[sport]

obama, the main stream media, and the Democrat Party agree.

[SunkenCiv]

Justinian was centuries later; this is the Julian date, and since this was early in the history of the Julian calendar, it wouldn’t be off much compared to now. :’)

[JRandomFreeper]

So, some night late in August, during the dark of the moon, right as it starts waxing, down by the old mill pond near where Smith used to live when the old cooper was alive.

Got it. Just wanted to check when and where.;)

/johnny

[Liz]

Remnants of a thermopolium---Pompeian version of a fast food restaurant.

[Tanniker Smith]

79 AD... Justinian or Gregorian? Becuase it's off by a few days either way.

Ask The Doctor. He caused it, whatever day it was.

[SunkenCiv]

Don’t forget to take a left where the old schoolhouse used to be... ;’)

[knarf]

Plaster Casts of Vesuvius' Victims

[seowulf]

Remnants of a thermopolium---Pompeian version of a fast food restaurant.

Where are the cash registers with little pictures of McPastapockets on them?

[17th Miss Regt]

I saw an inscription on the wall that says “No coins larger that 10 denarii accepted”.

[JRios1968]

The first recorded use of Karlum Rovius’ disaster machine...