Pompeii

4,956 views · Published 19 December 2018 · 11:02 · Indexed 17 October 2026

Channel: ishnum munshi · 2018 · Travel & Events

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Walk through the streets of this thriving Roman town destroyed in 79AD by volcano Vesuvius. The people had no idea the mountain was a volcano - there wasn't even a word for volcano in Latin so they had to make one from Vulcan the god of fire. 

Archaeology comes alive like nowhere else on earth as you see plaster casts of real living people from 2000 years ago found in the excavations - caught in the last moments of their lives.

And the people of modern day Naples (Napoli) live around the still active volcano, even right up the sides of the mountain, knowing it will explode again some day. It could be at any time....

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