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The people of Pompei were buried in a volcanic eruption - a pyroclastic flow - which burned them up from inside almost instantaneously and embedded their bodies in volcanic ash at the same moment.
The organic tissues decayed inside the ash, leaving a body-shaped hollow inside (rather like the mould in lostwax casting).
When the city was excavated, some of these hollows were filled with plaster before excavation, so that the shape of the engulfed body could be preserved after the hardened volcanic magma had been removed.
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∙ 9y agoNo. Much of the ash that buried Pompeii was actually very hot. The burial, though, preserved the people and many artifacts.
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How many feet of ash covered Pompeii in AD 79?
It was buried in 4 to 6 metres of ash
How did Pompeii get covered in ash?
Pompeii was covered in 9 feet of volcanc ash when Vesuvius erupted.
What was Pompeii cover in?
Volcanic debris, ash, pumice stone.
Was Pompeii covered in ash or lava?
Both, but most of the mass expulsed by the explosion was in the form of ash
When Pompeii was covered in ash in 79 AD what was the closest to Pompeii?
This question makes no sense.
What city was covered with volcanic ash?
Pompeii
What is pompeii buried by?
The ash and rocks from the volcano.
What did the volcanes do to Pompeii?
There is only one volcano near Pompeii, and in AD 79 it erupted with such force that the ash and lava entirely covered Pompeii. Many of the inhabitants were killed and their body shapes prerserved by the ash and lava.
Is the town of Pompeii hot because of the lava?
No. First, Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, not lava. Either way, the eruption that buried Pompeii was nearly 2,000 years ago. The ash cooled long ago.
How high did the ash go in the pompeii accident?
20000000000ft
Volcano that burned Pompeii?
Mt. Vesuvius covered Pompeii with about 60 ft of ash and pumice.
Why do you know so much about Pompeii?
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