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2007-01-07 12:23:30 · 15 answers · asked by barbaramurraytt 1 in Education & Reference Trivia

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Pompeii.

2007-01-07 12:26:26 · answer #1 · answered by Trader S 3 · 1 0

With Vesuvius brooding on the horizon any visit to the Bay of Naples area should include a visit to Herculaneum. It is unjustly less famous than its bigger brother Pompeii as the state of preservation of the buildings are generally much superior. It was lost to sight during the same series of eruptions that destroyed Pompeii but was possibly destroyed by a pyroclastic flow* as much of the timber has survived in a charred condition giving a much better idea of what a Roman town may have looked like.
* [A pyroclastic flow is described by the US Geological Survey as ‘A ground-hugging avalanche of hot ash, pumice, rock fragments, and volcanic gas that rushes down the side of a volcano as fast as 100 km/hour or more. The temperature within a pyroclastic flow may be greater than 500° C, sufficient to burn and carbonize wood. Once deposited, the ash, pumice, and rock fragments may deform (flatten) and weld together because of the intense heat and the weight of the overlying material’.]

2007-01-07 16:21:13 · answer #2 · answered by dispatcher_66 1 · 0 0

It was Pompeii, in what is now the province of Naples.

From Wikipedia:
Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompei. It was destroyed during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD. The volcano buried the city under many metres of ash and it was lost for 1,600 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. Today, it is one of Italy's leading tourist attractions and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

2007-01-07 14:50:36 · answer #3 · answered by Ms. Dragonfly 2 · 0 0

Pompeii AND Herculaneum are both near Naples and were detroyed when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August 79 AD. Pompeii was "discovered" first and is better preserved and more famous.

2007-01-07 13:17:43 · answer #4 · answered by Tirant 5 · 1 0

Pompeii and Herculaneum. They were buried by Mount Vesuvius on August 24, AD 79. They were rediscovered in the 18th century, Herculaneum in 1738, and Pompeii in 1748.

2007-01-07 14:27:11 · answer #5 · answered by bibliomaniac15 3 · 0 0

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2007-01-07 12:35:57 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 1 0

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2007-01-07 12:25:40 · answer #7 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1 0

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2007-01-07 12:59:35 · answer #8 · answered by Christopher McGregor 3 · 0 0

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2007-01-07 13:08:09 · answer #9 · answered by Need Help 2 · 0 0

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2007-01-07 12:43:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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