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noun - ancient city to the southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius
An ancient city of southern Italy southeast of Naples.
POMPEII - Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near modern Naples in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with H...
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| Excavations at this city destroyed by Vesuvius have revealed people trapped in time |
| 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 |
| In 79 A.D. it was 1 of the 3 cities burned by Vesuvius |
| Buried by Vesuvius in 79 A.D. |
| Robert Harris' historical novel about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius is named for this ancient city |
| The Nucerian Gate was one of several surrounding this city before it was buried by Vesuvius |
| If you're in this Roman town Aug. 24, 79 A.D. |
| 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 |
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Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near modern Naples in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Many of the inhabitants were also buried before they could escape. * The catastrophe was described in a surviving letter by Pliny the Younger who saw the eruption from a distance and described the death of his uncle Pliny the Elder, an admiral of the Roman fleet, who tried to rescue citizens. The site was eventually lost until its initial rediscovery in 1599 and broader rediscovery almost 150 years later by Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre in 1748. The city has been largely preserved because of lack of air and moisture. The artefacts preserved provide an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of the city. During excavations liquid |