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| Author | : Russell Roberts |
| Publisher | : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2006-09 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1612288634 |
One peaceful August day in A.D. 79, the people of Pompeii were going about their business—baking bread, eating lunch, lounging in the afternoon heat. Suddenly there was a great explosion, and tons of rock, ash, and gas were spewed into the air. Mount Vesuvius was erupting! In just 19 hours, most of the inhabitants were dead, and a layer of ash had buried the city. This is the story of what happened to the advanced city of Pompeii on that fateful day—and how we’ve learned about its people and culture thousands of years later by digging through the deadly ash.
| Author | : Lauren Tarshis |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 92 |
| Release | : 2014-08-26 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0545662869 |
The beast beneath the mountain is restless... No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. The beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes -- and always goes back to sleep.But Marcus is afraid. He knows something is terribly wrong -- and his father, who trusts science more than mythical beasts, agrees. When Vesuvius explodes into a cloud of fiery ash and rocks fall from the sky like rain, will they have time to escape -- and survive the epic destruction of Pompeii?
| Author | : Fergus Mason |
| Publisher | : BookCaps Study Guides |
| Total Pages | : 84 |
| Release | : 2013-11-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1629171344 |
Pompeii was one of most advanced cities of its time; it had a complex water system, gymnasium, and an amphitheater. Despite it's advancements, there was one thing it wasn't ready for: Mount Vesuvius—the volcano that led to its ultimate doom. The 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius was one of the worst disasters in all of European history. In a near instant, over 15,000 people were dead and a city was completely destroyed. This book looks at the rise, fall, and rediscovery of the great city of Pompeii.
| Author | : Russell Roberts |
| Publisher | : Mitchell Lane |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2020-02-04 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1545749515 |
Describes the events that occurred on the day Mt. Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the city of Pompeii in 79 A.D.
| Author | : Eugene J. Dwyer |
| Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Archaeology and history |
| ISBN | : 0472117270 |
An intriguing look at contemporary views regarding the casts of victims from Mt. Vesuvius' eruption
| Author | : Charles R. Pellegrino |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 499 |
| Release | : 2005-08-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0060751002 |
A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster that resounds to this day. Now palaeontologist Charles Pellegrino presents a wealth of new knowledge about the doomed towns – and brings to vivid life the people, their last moments, and the aftermath. The lessons learned from modern scrutiny of that ancient eruption produce disturbing echoes in the present. Dr Pellegrino, who worked at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack, shares his unique knowledge of the strange physics of volcanic 'downblast' and 'collapse column', drawing a direct link from past to present, and providing readers with a poignant glimpse into the last moments of the 'American Vesuvius'.
| Author | : Daisy Dunn |
| Publisher | : Liveright Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2019-12-10 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1631496409 |
“A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wide-ranging portrait of the two Plinys and their world.”—Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder’s notebooks—filled with pearls of wisdom—and his legacy. At its heart, The Shadow of Vesuvius is a literary biography of the younger man, who would grow up to become a lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, and chronicler of the Roman Empire from the dire days of terror under Emperor Domitian to the gentler times of Emperor Trajan. A biography that will appeal to lovers of Mary Beard books, it is also a moving narrative about the profound influence of a father figure on his adopted son. Interweaving the younger Pliny’s Letters with extracts from the Elder’s Natural History, Daisy Dunn paints a vivid, compellingly readable portrait of two of antiquity’s greatest minds.
| Author | : Museum Victoria Staff |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 59 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Excavations (Archaeology) |
| ISBN | : 9780980619003 |
The eruption - Lost, preserved, recovered - Businesses - The town - Medicine - Food & dining - Private residences - Luxury & beauty - Relgious beliefs - Burial practices - Body casts - Vesuvius through the ages.
| Author | : Robert Harris |
| Publisher | : Fawcett |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0345475674 |
Recently placed in charge of the Aqua Augusta, the aqueduct that brings fresh water to thousands of people around the bay of Naples, Roman engineer Marius Primus struggles to discover why the aqueduct has ceased delivering water and heads to the slopes of Mount Vesuvius to find the problem, only to come face to face with an impending catastrophe of mammoth proportions. Reprint.
| Author | : Jim O'Connor |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 129 |
| Release | : 2014-03-13 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0448479079 |
The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, spouting ash that buried the city and its inhabitants. The disaster left thousands dead, and Pompeii was no more than a memory for almost 1,700 years. In 1748, explorers rediscovered the port city with intact buildings and beautiful mosaics. This easy-to-read account is gripping and includes photos of the ruins.
