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How did people die in Herculaneum?
they died of boiling mud
What happened to pliny the elder?
Pliny the Elder died while trying to rescue the survivors of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii. He saw the volcanic cloud and as he was admiral of the fleet at Misenum, a short distance away, he ordered rescue ships to be sent. He went with them (he was curious about all natural phenomena) despite being asthmatic. The gasses and bad air, combined with his asthma killed him.
How old did Hercules live to be?
He died from the poisoned skin of a centaur and then his father made him a god on Mount Olympus.
How did Hephaestus died?
In Greek mythology, Hephaestus did not die. However, there are different versions of his story. According to one account, Zeus threw him off Mount Olympus for defending his mother, Hera. Another version suggests that he was banished after a conflict with Zeus, but he continued to live and work on Olympus as the blacksmith of the gods.
When was Saint Adam born?
Memorial: 16 May Profile: Hermit on Mount Vissiano near Ferno, Italy. Benedictine monk at San Sabine abbey. Abbot of San Sabine. Born: at Ferno, Italy Died: c.1210 of natural causes Canonized Pre-Congregation Print References Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
How many people died when vasuvios erupted?
The exact number is uncertain, but it is estimated that thousands of people died when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under volcanic ash and pumice.
How many people died when mount vesuvius erupted in Pompeii?
An estimated 15,000 people.
What two ancient Roman cities were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
The 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. Most people died from smoke inhalation and suffocation.
How did the Romans predict pompeiis eruption?
The Romans did not predict the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. That is why so many people in Pompeii and herculaneum died.
How many people were turned to stone after Mount Vesuvius erupted?
No one turned to stone after Vesuvius erupted. If you are thinking of the eruption of 79 AD, the majority of the people died by the pyroclastic flow of hot gasses. The white "statues" we see of the victims are plaster casts of their bodies.
How many people died during Vesuvius?
Mount Vesuvius has experienced eight major eruptions in the last 17,000 years. The 79 AD eruption is one of the most well-known ancient eruptions in the world, and may have killed more than 16,000 people.
How many people died in the eruption of the veuvius?
2000 exactly.there bodys were i casts of ash when people discovered them.the eruption was in 79ad and the volcano that erupted was mount vesuvius
What animals were killed by Mount Vesuvius?
They died.
Did Mt Vesuvius destroy Pompeii?
Yes it did. In 79 AD the eruption of Valcano Mount Vesuvius completely buried Pompeii and its sister city, Herculaneam. they were accidentally rediscovered over 1,500 years later in 1599 when they were digging sewage lines. Pompeii was buried in ash and herculaneum was covered in boiling mud. in fact, in herculaneum, the people who were trapped in the mud the bodies have disinegrated, leaving plaster like casts in the excact positions that the bodies were when they died.
What What happened to the people when the Mount Vesuvius erupted?
Most of the people were surprised by the eruption and died. Only those few that left immediately, survived.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_portents_01.shtml
What mountain destroyed Pompeii?
Mount Vesuvius. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and fumes to a height of 20.5 miles, spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing a hundred thousand times the thermal energy released by the Hiroshima bombing. An estimated 16,000 people died due to hydrothermal pyroclastic flows.
What was the name of the eruption were a lot of families died covered in lava?
That would probably be called the Pompeii eruption, which happened when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, killing between 10,000 and 20,000 people.
