2007-02-21 12:01:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
they went threw hours of pumice beating down on them until the roofs started to collapse. they say that back then nobody even knew what was really going on because they had never been threw it before. those who survived threw the night was then killed instantly by the pyroclastic flow (super heated gas and dust) this buried the rest of the city. the 'bodies of stone' actually aren't stone. when they did the excavation they started notice voids shaped like bodies, one of the archaeologist filled them with plaster, or something, and they realized that the bodies had decayed leaving the people just like they were when they took there last breath. i watched the story of Pompeii on the history channel just a couple of weeks ago.
2007-02-21 14:49:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not know how the eruption affect people living in Pompeii today but i can tell you that it damaged my knee when i fell in the amphitheatre when visiting the site last September!
2016-05-24 05:45:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They all were INSTANTLY killed! The ash was so heavy that if the lava didn't kill them, first, then the ash was inhaled and killed every person. Bodies of people doing normal, everyday things, such as getting water, or children playing, were found totally frozen in time, solid stone. The pictures of these 'found bodies of stone' are totally incredible.
2007-02-21 12:11:59 · answer #3 · answered by laurel g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It killed them.
2007-02-21 12:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋