Describes the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and how its rediscovery nearly 1700 years later provided information about life in the Roman Empire.
Cartoons and facts combine to describe the Italian city of Pompeii, discussing the 62 AD earthquake, daily life of its people, customs, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and the eighteenth-century excavation of the area.
This book investigates the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in the year 79 and explains how the eruption brought an end to life in Pompeii but also preserved the city for nearly 2000 years.
Discusses the tools and techniques of archaeologists to uncover artifacts and evidence from Pompeii and Herculaneum, ancient Roman cities that were destroyed in a volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
Describes the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and what its rediscovery and excavation has revealed about daily life in the Roman Empire.
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.
Offers an in-depth overview of the cultural, political, economic, and spiritual structure of three of ancient Rome's most prosperous cities, Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia.
Describes the destruction of the city of Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, and how its rediscovery nearly 1700 years later provided information about life in the Roman Empire.
