The First Pompeii
- Episode aired Oct 23, 2002
- 48m
Mount Vensuvius has a history of plenium eruptions spaced roughly two to four thousand years apart. Like the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculeanium in 79 AD, a similar eruption buried... Read allMount Vensuvius has a history of plenium eruptions spaced roughly two to four thousand years apart. Like the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculeanium in 79 AD, a similar eruption buried a bronze age village near San Paolo Belsito Italy circa 1700 BC. Escavation of the site p... Read allMount Vensuvius has a history of plenium eruptions spaced roughly two to four thousand years apart. Like the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculeanium in 79 AD, a similar eruption buried a bronze age village near San Paolo Belsito Italy circa 1700 BC. Escavation of the site provides a detailed look at bronze age living conditions. In the remains of homes were foun... Read all