How was Pompeii preserved?

Question

wouldn't the lava melt everything?

Answer 1

On August 24, AD 79, Herculaneum and Pompeii were destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. PUMICE STONES from the volcano rained like hail and reached upwards of 3 inches in diameter. Poisonous gasses were followed by a snow of hot, white, suffocating ash that fell for nearly two days. Herculaneum lay buried under 60 ft. of ash and volcanic material, and Pompeii lay under 8 to 10 feet of pumice and 7 feet of ash. The seacost was altered by the eruption...and Pompeii...once a wealthy seaside town became an inland site.

About 2,000 people perished in Pompeii. Most escaped, fleeing in boats. The population of Pompeii was approximately 20,000. Those who hid in homes perished through suffocation. The difficulty of excavation after the disaster prohibited the recovery of Pompeii, and as the long centuries wore away, the city was eventually forgotten. In 1748 a peasant farmer found traces of the city beneath his vineyard. The excavations began, and were of tremendous interest to Neoclassic artists such as David, and to the court of Napoleon in France, which adopted the dress, hairstyles and furnishings of the ancient Greco-Roman World. An example of this fashionable interest is displayed in David’s portrait of Madame Recamier, who is shown with Classical hairstyle and dress, reclining on couch in a room decorated with a footstool and lamp drawn from Pompeiian originals. In 1927 the beginnings of the excavation of Herculaneum began, with support from the Italian government. Portions of Pompeii, however, will be lost forever, for they lie underneath the modern city and farmlands.
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Preservation Of Pompeii

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Answer 4

What came down from the mountain was a super-hot wave of carbon dioxide. People who hid thought that they would escape "stuff." They were asphyxiated and "baked" where they were. The ash came down afterward and covered them. Later archeologists found cavities in the ash where bodies had decomposed. They poured plaster into the cavities and recovered casts of people. Beyond that, the ash preserved a city of thousands of people, complete with art work.

Answer 5

Given its proximity to Vesuvius when it erupted, Pompeii was showered in volcanic ash, which over time hardened into rock. Excavation of the site revealed what remains today.

Answer 6

It was covered in lava from a volcano explosion. Everything happened so fast that it preserved the town and many of the people as they were that moment.

Answer 7

It was covered with a thick ash from volcano. People probably died not because of ash, but before that. Volcanoes eject gas as well, and it is believed that the gas killed the people, they were later covered with a ton of ash.

Answer 8

people were covered in lava then incinerated by the lava

Answer 9

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