Mount Vesuvius

can" more commonly referred to as mount Vesuvius, an active volcano, buried the ancient city of Pompeii under several meters of ash. This left the city hidden from the world for hundreds of years until it was rediscovered in 1748. Pompeii was originally settled by the Greeks, but eventually became part of the Roman Empire. Pompeii has a history of being a vacation spot for wealthy vacationers, but also home to many locals. Just across the water was mount Vesuvius, a great eye candy for the tourists

     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

volcanoes produces viscous lava, and after multiple eruptions, a perfect cone is formed [2]. As a result of its perfect shape, stratovolcanoes usually attract many tourists. Example of this type of volcanoes would be Mount St. Helens in United States, Mount Fuji in Japan and Mount Vesuvius in Italy. But not all volcanoes have perfect shapes, shield volcanoes, which holds lava that have great fluidity, give them wide and gentle slopes, results in shield-like shapes. This type of volcanoes is a lot larger

with sophisticated cottages lined the cemented streets. The day before the eruption, the festival of the roman god of fire, also known as “Calcanalia” took place. There was estimated about 20,000 people in Pompeii and the surrounding area when Mount Vesuvius had erupted. Now all that remains is the hollow shells made of ashes from the fateful eruption. The city may seem like a former shell now empty from its former glory, but the city one was filled with people. The city had many destinations

Furthermore, Mount Vesuvius is rich in history and detail to be and learned from the age of the volcano to the types of rocks that can be found around and inside the walls of the volcano. Mount Vesuvius is a volcano located in near one of Italy’s largest Naples overlooking the bay. It is the only active volcano in Europe at this time that has produced a series of eruptions before the infamous eruption in 79A.D. to its last eruption in 1944. The focus of this research paper is on Mount Vesuvius is two of

Mt. Vesuvius is a volcano that is located near the Bay of Naples in Italy and is hundred of thousands years old. It has erupted over 50 times but its most famous eruption was in the year 79 A.D. when it buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii . A witness write that the dust “poured across the land” like a flood . Two thousand people died and the city of Pompeii was left abandoned for almost as many years for each person that died. When a group of archaeologists rediscovered the site in year 1748

modern day volcanic eruptions is Mount Vesuvius which is located in Pompeii. This particular volcano erupted in 79 AD. Scientists and archaeologists believe that approximately 13 to 20 feet of ash and lava were sent into the atmosphere and buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculancum and many other cities in the vicinity. Over 1500 years would pass before the stories of this volcano and the people that lived there would start surfacing. On August 24, 79 AD Mount Vesuvius a volcano in Pompeii erupted

Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompeii. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft.) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Pompeii was founded around the 6th–7th century BC by the Osci, or Oscans, a people of central Italy, on what was an important crossroad between Cumae, Nola and Stabiae. It had already been used as a safe port by Greek and Phoenician

Where is Mt Vesuvius? Mt Vesuvius is an active stratovolcano situated in the centre of west-Italy, very close to the Gulf of Naples, it’s western side is almost on its bay. At 14.42 E and 40.82 N, more than two million people live in the effective range of Mount Vesuvius. With half of them living in Naples, it is the third most densely-populated area in Italy. Small industrial towns are scattered along the coast, along with agricultural centres on the slopes of Vesuvius. Another major eruption and

Italy is composed of a total of approximately 149 cities and out of those cities the one that shall be discussed in this paper is Pompeii. The città of Pompeii was located near the Mount Vesuvius. This volcano is close to the bay of Naples since it is hundreds of thousands of years old. Leading to the destruction of this ancient città later on. Although the volcano has erupted over 50 times, the one that is the most famous occurred in 79 A.D., in the città of Pompeii. Before this occurred Pompeii