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Pompeii

Pompeii. By: Drew W eider. Basic Facts About Pompeii. The Pompeii area was mostly destroyed by 16 feet of ash that buried people and homes. Pompeii has not been rebuilt and it still lies in ruins. O ne-third is buried by ash and

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Pompeii

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  1. Pompeii By: Drew Weider

  2. Basic Facts About Pompeii • The Pompeii area was mostly destroyed by16 feet of ash that buried • people and homes. • Pompeii has not been rebuilt and it still lies in ruins. One-third is buried by ash and • the other two-thirds are used for tourism to see what ancient life was like. • Some people say that the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius may • have been the worst eruption in history. • Since 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius has erupted more than 50 times and is • possible to erupt soon. • In 63 A.D., there was a massive earthquake that still produces • minor earth tremors today. • The eruption occurred in Pompeii, Italy. • The eruption occurred on August 24, 79 A.D. • Pompeii is 160 acres. • The name of the volcano that erupted is called Mount Vesuvius. • Pompeii was rediscovered in 1599 when people were digging an underground channel to the river Sarno. • People knew about the eruption because of stories, but they were forgotten over time. • About 16 feet of ash covered Pompeii. Much thicker then pyroclastic flows. (Pyroclastic flows are one of • the most dangerous of volcanic phenomenon. They are hurricanes of hot gasses and volcanic particles) • People got to tell people about the eruption, but eventually people forgot completely about Pompeii. • Pompeii is a town at the base of mount Vesuvius. When it erupted, buildings and bodies were preserved as they were in 79 A.D.

  3. Mount Vesuvius • Mount Vesuvius is about 4,000 feet high. It originally started out as a submarine • volcano. A submarine volcano is a volcano that starts off underwater and • gets bigger as it erupts by the lava building a mountain. • Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano. A stratovolcano is made up off many • layers of hardened lava, tephera, pumice, and volcanic ash. • The last mount Vesuvius eruption was in 1944 during World War II. It destroyed • allied forces and planes stationing nearby. • Mount Vesuvius is still active today and is due to erupt soon. • Mount Vesuvius is 4,190 feet high and 30 miles around its base. • Geologists estimate mount Vesuvius is about 17,000 years old. • Since 79 A.D., mount Vesuvius has erupted more than 50 times. For example 303, 536, 969, 1500, 1872, and • 1944.

  4. The Big Event • The eruption covered more then 2,000 square miles. • Just inside the volcano there was lava, but the eruption didn’t spit out any just ash • Ash rolled down the volcano at speeds of 70 miles per hour. • About 2,000 people in Pompeii died. Survivors only survived for 19 hours since the eruption. • The eruption was 24 hours long and took as long to be destroyed. • Warriors from a nearby island called Stabiei got in boats to sail to Pompeii, but never made it. • As the eruption occurred, people brought money and jewelry with them as they fled. • People had time to flee the village. About 20,000 people in the area escaped. • What people think caused the eruption was the minor earth tremors since the major quake in 63 A.D.

  5. Bibliography Wiki.answers.com Schooltube.com History.com Smatch-international.org Vcs.edu Factmonster.com Volcano Oregon state.edu Wikipedia.org Primaryfacts.com Nature.com Volcano and earthquake (book) Bbc.co.us Livescience.com

  6. Thanks for watching!!! Heres a video you might think is very cheesy but has great facts!!!!! http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii Or this movie http://www.schooltube.com/video/3b20d3eef67c4882bfe4/Pompeii%20-%20The%20Last%20Day

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