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You need to specify the location you are referring to. If you are referring to Pompeii, it was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice. If you are referring to Herculaneum, which was nearer to Mount Vesuvius, it was buried by about 20 metres (50--60 feet) of ash and pumice
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What year was Pompeii destroyed?
The year AD 79. It spanned 2 days straight and covered the whole town in 25 metres of Ash and Lava
What year was it when the city pompeii was covered in volcanic ash?
79 AD. Volcanic eruption of Vesuvius. The eruption covered 65 acres and 3 cities with a pyro clastic cloud that covered the area in about 7 minutes with clouds of rocks, dust, gasses, and 900 degree heat . No matter where anyone hid or where they went in the area they would not have escaped the eruption. Today the volcano is still active with a million people living in the area.
What Italian city was covered in lava when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted?
There were four cities, most famous Pompii
What did mt Vesuvius burrie pommpeii in?
Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in a mixture of volcanic ash, pumice, and hot gases during its eruption in 79 AD. The city was quickly engulfed, and the ash and debris covered and preserved the buildings, streets, and even human remains, providing unique insight into ancient Roman life.
What is the history of mount versuvious?
Mt Vesuvius is a volcano in Italy. In 79 ad, it erupted and killed the people in the city of Pompeii. The city and everyone who lived there were buried alive with ash.
How many feet of ash covered Pompeii in AD 79?
It was buried in 4 to 6 metres of ash
When Pompeii was covered in ash in 79 AD what was the closest to Pompeii?
This question makes no sense.
What are facts about Pompeii and mtVesuveus?
Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, when the whole town of Pomeii was covered in ash!
How did Pompeii affect people?
Pompeii did not affect people in any particular way. It was just an ordinary Roman town. It was mount Vesuvius which affected people. It erupted in 79, covered the town with ash and killed its inhabitants.
Why was Pompeii covered in ash?
Yes, it erupted! The best account we have of the eruption is by Pliny the Younger. He lost his uncle Pliny the Elder during the eruption. Pompeii was swallowd by tons of ash and lava which then set in the town. Today, as it is being unearthed there are much things preserved such as murals and houses. The depictions are quite forthcoming in that they would be considered absolutely inappropriate to have painted in your town today but in a word, your answer is "yes"
What year was Pompeii destroyed?
The year AD 79. It spanned 2 days straight and covered the whole town in 25 metres of Ash and Lava
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.
What happened to the city of pompeil?
The Pompeii explosion, mount Vesuvius, killed the whole town of Pompeii and killed people in other towns to. Also this volcano erupted in 79 AD and it cremated the whole town and the town people with ash. when you go to the natural history museum you will find, in the volcano section, actual real people from Pompeii covered in ash.
In what year did Pompeii was destroyed?
Pompeii never erupted. It just stayed right where it was. The volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted. That was in 79 AD.
Is it Pompeii or pompei?
Pompeii is the famous city that was covered by volcanic ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Pompei is the modern city founded in 1891 near the site of the ancient ruins.
What happened in bay of naples in 79 AD?
Pompeii got destroyed by mount vesuvius' pyroclastic flow.Now in pompeii there is concrete bodys on the ground!!
What year was it when the city pompeii was covered in volcanic ash?
79 AD. Volcanic eruption of Vesuvius. The eruption covered 65 acres and 3 cities with a pyro clastic cloud that covered the area in about 7 minutes with clouds of rocks, dust, gasses, and 900 degree heat . No matter where anyone hid or where they went in the area they would not have escaped the eruption. Today the volcano is still active with a million people living in the area.
