[blam]

2001? An oldie but goodie.

[ForGod'sSake]

Didn't I also read a post/article on this site last year, er, year before last......maybe early last year??? ;^) I gather none of the "sediment" covering the site(s) was/is ash? Odd that at least one of the sites was buried "as is" with little or no destruction? Even a large flood would have moved lots of structures around. Earthquake? Fugitaboutit! Something doesn't add up here. IMO.

FGS

[SunkenCiv]

Scientists say it occurred because the land on which the cities were built liquefied.

The liquefied sand could have got that way due to the rising ocean levels (since this was during the Medieval warming period), but the earthquake giving it that little extra shove is still plausible. :') The mudslide that buried Herculaneum came about because of the rain that accompanied the eruption and shaking of the mountainside.