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The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, the neighbouring town also buried in the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook allows readers to form a richer and more diverse picture of urban life on the Bay of Naples. Focusing upon inscriptions and ancient texts, it translates and sets into context a representative sample of the...
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This six-volume set contains programs about the ancient world and the legacy it has left us. Computer graphics and animation illustrate how historical sites of ancient civilizations once appeared, and recent film footage shows the present states of the extant structures. Historians and authorities provide commentary and analysis.
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When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, the bodies of the people of Pompeii were perfectly preserved in their final moments. Using 21st century forensics, this film reveals for the first time the unique set of circumstances that led to this remarkable preservation. Leading volcanologists, archaeologists and forensic scientists piece together this incredible mystery. The program reveals who the victims were and why they were caught in such life-like poses,...
10) Pompeii
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"After examining conditions in the town during its last years of existence, as its people came to terms with repeated earth tremors, Alison Cooley challenges the popular image of Pompeii as frozen in time by the eruption, by examining the extent to which the site really was undisturbed for over 1,500 years. She then turns to the history of the town as an archaeological site, analysing the impact of contemporary politics and cultural preoccupations...
13) Pompeii
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This work explores the lives of the ordinary people of Pompeii and Herculaneum the two cities on the Bay of Naples that were buried by the catastrophic volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The plaster-cast bodies of the victims are the most vivid shocking reminders of the horrific event that made Pompeii famous, but who were these men, women and children so cruelly frozen in time? Exploring striking new discoveries and over 200 sensational...
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On the morning of August 24 in the year 79, time came to an abrupt halt for the people of Pompeii. This outstanding program - filmed under the guidance of Umberto Pappalardo, director of the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum - uses Pompeii's abundant archaeological evidence to re-create daily life at the time Mt. Vesuvius erupted. A historical overview of the town, combined with background on Pompeii's urban, political, and cultural organization,...
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Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was -- more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol? -- and what it can tell us about "ordinary" life there. --from publisher description.
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