pompeii

     

Pompeii is a ruine and partially buried Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei.

Trivia about pompeii

  • People began digging up this Italian city in 1748, only 1,669 years after it was buried
  • Excavations of this ancient city began in 1748; it was buried under 20 feet of volcanic debris
  • Excavations at this city destroyed by Vesuvius have revealed people trapped in time
  • If you're in this Roman town Aug. 24, 79 A.D.
  • In the 1860s Guiseppe Fiorelli made human body casts from the cavities the dead left in the ash in this city
  • Buried by Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
  • The ruins of this Italian city were found by a 16th c. architect; the well-preserved bodies won't help your resale
  • Robert Harris' historical novel about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius is named for this ancient city
  • In 1935 one of the earliest disaster movies told the story of the "Last Days" of this city
  • A worm that shares its name with this volcano-buried city lives in the scalding water of ocean vents
  • In 79 A.D. it was 1 of the 3 cities burned by Vesuvius
  • cities destroyed by Mount Vesuvius along with Stabiae
  • Italian city that suddenly wasn't in 79 A.D.
  • In 79 A.D. this city could have used the Imperial Emergency Management Agency
  • An 1830s painting by Karl Briullov depicts "The Last Day of" this city, before it was obliterated by a volcano