Ok im trying to find what place this was called. I heard about it when i was in school and i wanna look it up. I forgot i believe it was some city in greece that got buried by a volcano that was inactive for years and when somebody tried to warn the people they just went on with their business as usual until the volcano erupted one day and everybody got buried and they said now if you go to that place you can still see the emprints of the people perfectly in the ground. Oh can somebody please help me out i really find this interesting i want to look it up on the internet and if you cannot help me PLEASE dont respond. just go to another question. Thank you
2006-10-22 14:23:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Pompeii and Herculaneum were both buried by Mt. Vesuvius' massive eruption in 79 AD, after the mountain had been inactive for 800 years. There had been rumblings in the mountain for some time, but there was an "election" going on, and nobody believed there was any real danger from the mountain, so nobody evacuated. Pyroplastic flows destroyed both cities, and they were then buried in ash.
Type "Mt. Vesuvius" into your search engine. You will find lots of information.
2006-10-22 15:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a city in Greece, but rather a city in Italy called Pompeii. There is a very good book by the same name ("Pompeii") that details the events leading up to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and the hours that followed the eruption. You should read it.
2006-10-22 14:27:14 · answer #2 · answered by kalathera 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was both Pompeii and Herculaneum, both of which are in Italy. Pliny tried warning the people about the soon-to-erupt Mt. Vesuvius, but they ignored him until it was too late. The imprints of people and animals are seen in Pompeii, but if we were to dig up Herculaneum, we would see even more imprints because they got covered in hot ash faster than Pompeii did.
2006-10-22 14:46:20 · answer #3 · answered by Courtney B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you're talking about Pompeii. It's not in Greece, but in Italy. The volcano is named Mt. Vesuvius.
2006-10-22 14:31:45 · answer #4 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The city was Pompeii and the volcano is Mt. Vesuvius
2006-10-22 14:26:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Akroteri on the Greek island of Santorini is the place you're looking for
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini
Pictures here
http://ntap.k12.ca.us/whs/projects/history/santorini.html
and more here
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/europe_west_asia/santorini.html
but I don't think there are actual human remains there like there were at Pompeii in Italy after Vesuvius erupted
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vmtvesuvius.html
2006-10-22 14:34:20 · answer #6 · answered by belmyst 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are some links showing the effects of Mt Vesuvius erupting:
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pompeii/herculaneum_2.asp
http://www.roman-empire.net/articles/article-011.html
Sure is interesting!
2006-10-22 14:42:46 · answer #7 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's Pompeii
2006-10-22 14:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by DarkDeb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you're talking about the city of Pompeii?
2006-10-22 14:26:31 · answer #9 · answered by Tericka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pompeii?
or maybe Santorini?
2006-10-22 14:26:47 · answer #10 · answered by WendyD1999 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋