Vesuvius was small and commonly restricted to being local. The textile industry along with bakeries‚ vineyards‚ farms and the fishing industry all played part in the thriving commercial activity present at Pompeii and partly at Herculaneum‚ despite the fact that Herculaneum was primarily a fishing village‚ with little evidence of major craft manufacturing. It is widely accepted that agriculture dominated the economy‚ which is further endorsed by statements from historians which include Cato and his
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Did you know Mt. Vesuvius erupted more than 50 times? It erupted in 79A.D. In about 25 hours‚ it wipes our entire town. Mt. Vesuvius is unique as a volcano because of its activity level‚ the remains of Pompeii and its lessons frozen in history. Firstly‚ Mt Vesuvius is unique as a volcano because of its activity level. Its last serious eruption was in 1944. It’s one of the only active volcanos on the mainland of Europe. It’s considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in world due to the
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The discovery of Pompeii in 1784 marked a monumental moment in history with the discovery of a covered town and its secrets of the ancient civilisation buried by the natural disaster‚ the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Following the discovery the process of excavation began over the 19th Century there was an increase in the changing methods used by archaeologists in order to further develop our understanding of the ancient civilisation of Pompeii. Before the 19th Century archaeology was used
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a lead pipe and flowed continually. The overflow from the pool was used to flush out a rather large latrine in the eastern end. The area also held an alter for rites associated with the imperial cults along with trees and a fountain. Herculaneum The Herculaneum Palaestra took up an entire insula and its swimming pool was made to resemble a cross. It was surrounded by trees and included a series of porticoed rooms. Most of the Palaestra remains unexcavated though tunnels into the area enables
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The city of Pompeii located in Rome was destroyed by a huge volcano and the city was buried alive. By ash and cuit. But the city in West Jordan is a lot different then the city of Pompeii. They’re somethings that are also alike. They’re so many things alike and different but this is how Pompeii and West Jordan are alike in some ways. One way is that we both have lots of people and we also both have buildings‚homes‚shops and roads that is how they are alike in some ways. They’re a lot of things
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through their body language as well as their reluctance to leave. When Neoclassicism came into play‚ it ditched the feelings of decadence and fantasy brought about by Rococo‚ returning to a more Greco-Roman style prompted by the rediscovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii in the midst of the mid 18th century. (Arts and Culture 2 vol. 3rd Ed.‚ pg. 178) Returning to the more heroic themed base art‚ Neoclassicism focused mainly on stories and history‚ and later themes about the social order with another
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79 A.D.‚ The surrounding towns of Pompeii and Hurculaneum were not prepared for what was to come. One morning‚ a giant column of smoke‚ ash and pumice exploded from the top of Mt. Vesuvius‚ startling many of the local townspeople of Pompeii and Herculaneum. From there‚ pyroclastic flows worked their way down the mountainside and blanketed both towns. Townspeople were
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Pompeii‚ a Roman city with a population of about 20‚000‚ was annihilated by Mount Vesuvius on August 26‚ 79 AD. It wasn’t until 1595‚ when artifacts from Pompeii were excavated. Centuries of raiding and looting then followed. In the mid-nineteenth century‚ archaeological excavations began‚ revealing to the modern world the way the people lived (and died) in 79 A.D. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius was‚ in fact‚ the downfall of the ancient city‚ Pompeii‚ but people today still wonder how it all happened
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time. Vesuvius is located in Southern Italy and is southeast of the Bay of Naples. It is on the plain of Campania. It was approximately 7 miles (11 kilometers) tall in AD 79‚ before it erupted and buried Pompeii and Stabiae in pumice and ash‚ and Herculaneum with mud flows. (The pumice and ash that had hardened covered the villages for over 28 feet tall‚ and plaster casts were found from people and animals that were buried alive.) This drastically changed Vesuvius completely. Mt. Vesuvius had literally
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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
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