pompeii (extinct city)

Uses a fictionalized account of the life of the steward of an important estate to describe the ancient Italian city of Pompeii and what happened to it during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Describes the archaeological excavations that began on the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum which had been buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79.

Sent back in time to 79 AD, on a mission to photograph the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Flashback Four race to get their picture.

Explores the extinct city of Pompeii, including the history, what happened to it, and more.

Presents Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's early nineteenth-century historical romance, "The last days of Pompeii," set in the final days before the Roman city of Pompeii was annihilated by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

"No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. The beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes--and always goes back to sleep, but Marcus is afraid. He knows something is terribly wrong--and his father, who trusts science more than mythical beasts, agrees. When Vesuvius explodes into a cloud of fiery ash and rocks fall from the sky like rain, will they have time to escape--and survive the epic destruction of Pompeii?"--Publisher.

Photographs, illustrations, and facts describe the entombed city of Pompeii, Italy.

During the infamous eruption of Mount Vesuvius, one boy struggles to escape. Can he survive the most devastating disaster of ancient times? Readers are taken back to antiquity with a young boy trying to escape as the giant Mount Vesuvius erupts. Does he have what it takes to survive the epic destruction of Pompeii?.

Describes the civilization of Rome including the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

Examines the volcano named Vesuvius that erupted in 79 A.D. in Pompeii, an extinct city.