Herculaneum

missing link or where the body originally was. Module Six: Lab Questions 1. Where is Herculaneum located? What happened to the city? Herculaneum is located in Rome. The city Herculaneum was buried in ash due to the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. 2. Why is Herculaneum important to archeology today? The importance of Herculaneum today has to do with how well it has been preserved. Archeologists use Herculaneum today to study the life its civilians back then and who lived there. 3. What are some

works of art. Its location allowed it to become a rich agricultural center. The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompeii. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft.) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Pompeii was founded around the 6th–7th century BC by the Osci, or Oscans, a people

earthquakes, mudslides, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. A gravestone was actually discovered in 62 AD how a wife lost her family due to her house collapsing. Most of Pompeii, Oplontis and Herculaneum was destroyed by the earthquake. However, by 79AD Mt. Vesuvius erupted and buried all three towns. Herculaneum was victim to the lava flow, Oplontis was hit with mudslides while Pompeii was covered with ash and hit by a rock slide. The interesting thing is that artwork and ceramics were discovered in

Introduction Mount Vesuvius is a well-known volcano located in the Gulf of Naples, Italy. It has a famous history of being very destructive to nearby civilizations, and erupting almost every century. The most notable eruption occurred in 79 AD, where the volcano eruption completely covered the nearby cities with ash and killed many people. Today, the area around surrounding the volcano is well populated; however, there are precautions put in place in order to avoid a loss as large as the one in 79

Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius is a strto-volcano on the west coast of Italy. It is one of the active volcanos on mainland of Europe. The destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD is the reason why lots of us know this volcano. This is one of the most dangerous volcanos in the world because a large portion of people live near it like, the city of Naples. Mount Vesuvius destroyed the city of Pompeii. The city was buried by volcanic ash quickly thus the site is well persevered, which can be used by the geologist

Pompeii was a great city in ancient Rome that was abruptly destroyed when the seemingly harmless and docile Mt. Vesuvius unexpectedly erupted destroying the city of Pompeii and the bordering city of Herculaneum. Before this tragedy struck Pompeii was a very wealthy city and a staple of Roman culture. Located just 10 Kilometers from Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii appeared to be nothing more than a wealthy city with a view of great mountain until its one defining moment in history changed everything. Where

POMPEII AND HURCULANEUM Jessica Bush “The study of Pompeii and Herculaneum provides us with a wealth of sources – However we are faced with issues regarding their limitations, reliability and evaluation.” This report will assess the truth of the above statement referring to religious practices in Pompeii and Herculeuim such as local, state, household and foreign religion. Though the abundance of sources in Pompeii and Herculaneum archaeologists and researchers can gather and evaluate the importance

Mount Vesuvius, erupted on August 24 , 79 AD and killed thousands of people in the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. This happened after a series of earthquakes and split the plate under the volcano, causing it to explode. The people had enough time to escape but did not as earthquakes happened in that area, all the time and they thought nothing of what might happen. The one remaining account that has lasted to this day comes from Pliny the Younger. Pliny wrote two letters one to a

AD the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano which means its eruptions typically involve explosive eruptions as well as a pyroclastic flow. When the volcano erupted it launched tonnes of molten ash and pumice into the atmosphere which then fell on the towns burying them and the people inside them under about five metres of ash. The pyroclastic flow itself only reached the town of Herculaneum and not Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius

Earlier in the month there were several earthquakes that could have served as a warning, however “because seismic activity was so common in the area, citizens paid little attention in early August of 79 when several quakes shook the earth beneath Herculaneum and Pompeii” (Bagley, n.p.). In the article, Mount Vesuvius & Pompeii: Facts & History, Bagley describes a timeline for what happened that