Posted on 12/06/2001 6:52:22 AM PST by blam
An Amazing find!
Thanks for posting the article .
Sabertooth , thanks for the flag.
I was looking thru the "Topic List" for a category that this type of article might fit in.
There is a "History" but that is pretty broad.
I think we need a name for this kind of material , any ideas?
Digging the Past
Stones, Bones, Tomes and Thrones
Gods, Graves, Glyphs and Myths
Those were my suggestions... were there any others?
I like this title.
Pompeii is so wonderful. It's rich surroundings yielding more information is very special!
Note: this topic is from 12/06/2001. Thanks blam.
Sorry, this page does not exist.
I did want to see if there were pictures. I will keep this one on my search list.
This event has been named as the “Avellino Eruption” of Mount Vesuvius.
And you can search for more information using that term.
Thanks! Looks like this is the Somma cone eruption event I’d read about years ago. There’s a Roman-era fresco in one of the formerly buried houses showing the pre-eruption Vesuvius with two peaks. The 79 AD eruption, uh, altered that a bit.
“Thousands of footprints in the surge ash deposit of the Avellino eruption testify to an en masse exodus from the devastated zone”
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/SheridanVesuviusFootprints.jpg
“A human victim of the Avellino eruption found buried in a self protecting position typical of death due to suffocation. (Photo: Courtesy PNAS.)”
http://www.buffalo.edu/content/dam/www/news/imported/hires/SheridanVesuviusSkeleton.jpg
Satellite view, appears to show the older caldera rim, with the current caldera inside it:
http://factsanddetails.com/media/2/20120225-Vesuvius TM3.png
1822 eruption (painting)
http://factsanddetails.com/media/2/20120225-Vesuvius1822scrope.jpg
http://factsanddetails.com/world/cat51/sub323/item2208.html
http://www.pnas.org/content/103/12/4366.full
http://mediterranee.revues.org/3253
http://mediterranee.revues.org/docannexe/image/3253/img-2.png
This topic was posted , thanks blam. Just an update.
The bronze age village Afragola buried by the Plinian eruption of mount Vesuvius 4,000 Years Ago | Arkeonews
Detailing a Disastrous Autumn Day in Ancient Italy | September 29, 2022 | Elaina Hancock - UConn Communications
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