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The eruption of Pompeii lasted at least a day, piling the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum with four tons of volcanic ash, pumice, and rock and damaging the nearby cities of Olponti and Stabiae.
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∙ 11y agoOn August 20, A.D. 79,Pompeii was buried beneath an avalanche of volcanic mud and ash from the bowels of Mount Vesuvius.The onslaught of material from the mountain's belly pushed along a surge of scorching air which upon arrival instantly baked the remaining inhabitants of the doomed city alive.
Gradually the events of that fateful day became lost to the memory of man and Pompeii lay entombed beneath the mud for centuries.Sometime during the last few years of the 1500s a man named Domenico Fontana,while digging an underground channel through the area to divert the river Sarno accidently rediscovered the ancient city.No further excavations were done however until the middle of the 18th century by an engineer by the name of Rocco Gioacchino de Alcubiere.
All told Pompeii lay buried for close to 17 centuries.
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Why did Pompeii remain undiscovered for centuries?
Pompeii remained undiscovered for centuries because it was buried and no one even suspected that a town was in that location.
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 long since AD 79...the eruption of Vesuvius that buried Pompeii?
600
What buried Pompeii?
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What city was buried by volcano in 79AD?
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What is the name of the volcano that buried pompeii in ash?
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Italian city buried by a volcano in 79 ad?
It was the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried Pompeii in 79.
Where was Pompeii buried?
Pompeii is located near Naples in the southern part of Italy.
Was the entire city of Pompeii buried under ash and pumice in A.D 79?
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Mt Vesuvius buried what city?
pompeii
What is pompeii buried by?
The ash and rocks from the volcano.
What is the name of the city that was buried by a volcano?
Pompeii .
