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Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples, in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
Researchers believe that the town was founded in the seventh or sixth century BC by the Osci or Oscans. It came under the domination of Rome in the 4th century BC, and was conquered and became a Roman colony in 80 BC after it joined an unsuccessful rebellion against the Roman Republic. By the time of its destruction, 160 years later, its population was estimated at 11,000 people, and the city had a complex water system, an amphitheatre, gymnasium, and a port.
The eruption destroyed the city, killing its inhabitants and burying it under tons of ash. Evidence for the destruction originally came from a surviving letter by Pliny the Younger, who saw the eruption from a distance and described the death of his uncle Pliny the Elder, an admiral of the Roman fleet, who tried to rescue citizens. The site was lost for about 1,500 years until its initial rediscovery in 1599 and broader rediscovery almost 150 years later by Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre in 1748. The objects that lay beneath the city have been preserved for centuries because of the lack of air and moisture. These artifacts provide an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city during the Pax Romana. During the excavation, plaster was used to fill in the voids in the ash layers that once held human bodies. This allowed one to see the exact position the person was in when he or she died.
Mount Vesuvius (/vᵻˈsuːviəs/; Italian: Monte Vesuvio [ˈmonte veˈzuːvjo], Latin: Mons Vesuvius [mõːs wɛˈsʊwɪ.ʊs]) is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure.
Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and several other settlements. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash, and fumes to a height of 33 km (20.5 mi), 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. The only surviving eyewitness account of the event consists of two letters by Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus.
Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other. Its second act love scene was nearly censored in Britain as too risqué. Coward wrote one of his most popular songs, "Some Day I'll Find You", for the play.
After touring the British provinces, the play opened the new Phoenix Theatre in London in 1930, starring Coward, Gertrude Lawrence, Adrianne Allen and Laurence Olivier. A Broadway production followed in 1931, and the play has been revived at least a half dozen times each in the West End and on Broadway. The leading roles have attracted a wide range of actors; among those who have succeeded Coward as Elyot are Robert Stephens, Richard Burton, Alan Rickman and Matthew Macfadyen, and successors to Lawrence as Amanda have included Tallulah Bankhead, Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie Smith, Kim Cattrall and Lindsay Duncan. Directors of new productions have included John Gielgud, Howard Davies and Richard Eyre. The play was made into a 1931 film and has been adapted several times for television and radio.
Actors: Marta McGonagle (producer), Marta McGonagle (actress), David Blackwell (actor), Ken Edwards (actor), Lee Irving (actor), Adam Medina (actor), Ben Wolfe (actor), Amanda Phillips (actress), Robert Works (actor), Austin Hice (producer), Austin Hice (actor), Roland Uribe (actor), Austin Hice (writer), Austin Hice (director), Austin Hice (editor),
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Plot: During the American Civil War, a lonely Indiana farm widow finds love when she takes in an injured traveling salesman, only to learn he is a Confederate spy on the run from Yankee patrols.
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www.zerooneanimation.com A Day in Pompeii, a Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition, was held at Melbourne Museum from 26 June to 25 October 2009. Over 330,000 people visited the exhibition -- an average of more than 2,700 per day -- making it the most popular traveling exhibition ever staged by an Australian museum. Zero One created the animation for an immersive 3D theatre installation which gave visitors a chance to feel the same drama and terror of the town's citizens long ago, and witness how a series of eruptions wiped out Pompeii over 48 hours. This video is available in full HD stereo. Please get in touch with Zero One through their website for licensing information for exhibitions, television and other media or to discuss 3D Visualisation solutions. Copyright 2010 Zero One ...
When Mount Vesuvius erupted In 79 AD, it buried the booming city of Pompeii under tons of debris, sealing the fate of more than a thousand people. But It also sealed the ancient city - preserved it, protected it, like nowhere else on earth. Because of this, archaeologists and historians can clearly describe life in Pompeii up until its final moments. Now see the ancient city as never before with scenes from the motion picture, "Pompeii."
On August 27th 79AD, the Roman town of Pompeii was buried under a torrent of lava and ash when Vesuvius roared into life with a mighty eruption What survives of the town is an extraordinary archaeological record, but Pompeii's remains can only tell us part of the story. Much has been lost, looted and damaged in the 250 years since the town was re-discovered, and the excavations offer only an illusion of immediacy. To really understand Pompeii, we need to get under the skin. Using a mixture of lavish dramatisations, computer graphic environments and the guidance of leading experts, The Private Lives Of Pompeii offers a unique look at the people who lived and died there. What were their hopes and fears, their rivalries and their loves? Seventeen years before the eruption the town had alread...
http://www.furiousearth.com Adventurer and Angry Planet TV show host, George Kourounis visits the ancient city of Pompeii in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. The city was buried in volcanic ash after a huge eruption of the volcano in 79 A.D. Produced by: www.peterrowe.tv
Using advanced technology, scientists are reconstructing what citizens of ancient Pompeii looked like before the enormous volcanic eruption that took their lives. Subscribe to Science Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribeScience Check out SCI2 for infinitely awesome science videos. Every day. http://bit.ly/SCI2YT Download the TestTube app: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq
On Blu-ray May 20th! Own it now. Amazon: http://amzn.to/1rukFsP iTunes: http://bit.ly/1gYrb4l Set in 79 A.D., POMPEII tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harrington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator (Kiefer Sutherland). As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him. Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance Cast: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kiefer Sutherland, Kit Harington, Emily Browning Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Writer: Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Bacthler, Michael Ro...
The Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD is one of the most famous natural disasters of European history, killing thousands of people and completely decimating several Roman settlements, including Pompeii. Welcome to WatchMojo's top 5 facts. In this installment, we're looking at the most amazing facts about Pompeii, arguably the most well known victim of that fateful day. Suggestion Tool►►http://www.WatchMojo.com/suggest Subscribe►►http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=watchmojo Facebook►►http://www.Facebook.com/WatchMojo Twitter►►http://www.Twitter.com/WatchMojo Instagram►►http://instagram.com/watchmojo Channel Page►►http://www.youtube.com/watchmojo Special thanks to our user Corie John-William Taranto for submitting the idea using our interactive suggestion tool at http://www....
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Travel video about destination Pompeii in Italy. On August 24th in 79 A.D. a massive volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii when millions of tons of lava instantly petrified the bodies of 2000 of its inhabitants. Pompeii is the incarnation of a civilization that was destroyed by this natural disaster. Some of its underground corridors were accidentally discovered in 1594 but serious scientific excavation did not begin until the 18th century. Even today, more than one third of the city remains concealed beneath volcanic rock. Because of the airtight conditions beneath the lava, Pompeii is the most well preserved ancient city in the world with perfectly preserved streets and buildings that provide detailed information of the former living conditions, trade, commerce and art of...
In gritty Naples, we go shopping Neapolitan style, dodge scooters in Naples' crazy traffic, explore the city's vibrant neighborhoods, admire exquisite ancient mosaics at the National Museum of Archaeology, taste pizza in its birthplace, climb the lip of Mount Vesuvius, and wander the amazing ruins of the Roman town it destroyed: Pompeii. © 2006 Rick Steves' Europe
Do you want to visit Pompeii Italy and learn some Pompeii facts with me? Join along with my friend Andrea in this travel video to the lost ancient city as we journey via train from Naples to Pompeii. Pompeii facts are flowing in this fun adventure to the city of ruins, which was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. As in most of my travel videos, there is also some yoga, as yoga should definitely be practiced while one is visiting Pompeii Italy. Iron Horse - Distressed by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100735 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Don’t miss the closely related travel video: Visiting Mount Vesuvius: https://youtu.be/c...
Travel video about destination Pompeii in Italy. On August 24th in 79 A.D. a massive volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii when millions of tons of lava instantly petrified the bodies of 2000 of its inhabitants.Pompeii is the incarnation of a civilization that was destroyed by this natural disaster. Some of its underground corridors were accidentally discovered in 1594 but serious scientific excavation did not begin until the 18th century. Even today, more than one third of the city remains concealed beneath volcanic rock. Because of the airtight conditions beneath the lava, Pompeii is the most well preserved ancient city in the world with perfectly preserved streets and buildings that provide detailed information of the former living conditions, trade, commerce and art of ...
Pompeii - tour of the town destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79AD and remained lost until the mod 1700s when it was rediscovered by accident. It is now excavated and you can tour the ruins and see models of some of the people trapped by the ash. Mount Vesuvius is around 10KM away and the eruption was so strong it blasted ash that far onto the town. I take you on an overview of this amazing town and the ruins in this video. Gary Bembridge's Tips for Travellers provides inspiration, advice & tips on finding and having a luxurious travel experience on land and at sea. For more tips for travellers: - visit the site: http://www.tipsfortravellers.com - follow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tipsfortravellers - follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge - sign up to the monthly t...
More info about travel to Pompeii: https://www.ricksteves.com/europe/italy/pompeii-herculaneum Life in Pompeii stopped in its tracks in 79 a.d. when the thriving city was buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Today, excavations of this once booming city offer the best look anywhere at ancient Rome and remains of homes give a glimpse into Roman lifestyles. At http://www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
This is what you might see during a one-day (7-hour) tour of Pompeii's Roman ruins in Italy. Note - The city is huge. You won't see everything in a day and some areas are usually closed for conservation. Be sure to also check out part 2 - the Herculaneum tour (7m56s): https://youtu.be/ErczUC9s-kU My video of what to see in Sorrento is here (6m16s): https://youtu.be/0v874sJwHUM And here's my short film about a day on Capri (3m34s): https://youtu.be/AzxHzjLP4sA This is my Positano Day Trip film (3m10s): https://youtu.be/q9QF3Camv-0 About this Pompeii mini-documentary: Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples, in Italy. It was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 meters of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Today it’s some distance inland, but in...
One of the scariest things about going to a foreign country is navigating public transportation in a different language. This video shows you how to take the train from Rome to Naples and then transfer to a local train to Pompeii
Sorrento is one of Campania’s most stunning destinations, cascading down a steep hillside and spreading across the clifftops above the Tyrrhenian Sea. It’s arguably Campania’s hub, with ferry links to Capri and Ischia, easy road access to the Amalfi Coast and Naples, and fast rail connections to Pompeii., that's probably why Gennaro Contaldo loves it so much! The town overlooks the Bay of Naples, with fantastic views across the water to Mount Vesuvius. The old town is a warren of narrow streets lined with small shops and hole-in-the-wall cobblers (handmade sandals are something of a speciality here). Stretching from the seafront onto the main street, it's the ideal shopping location. Antiques can be found at the Teodoro Del Giudice, while the weekly market is the place to pick up everyth...
Waking up on the floor
Joining ranks with the stains of the nights before
Grab the keys, where's the door?
I've had enough of this town--I can't take anymore
Broken bottles, bits of glass.
Empty packs of cigarettes to last the rest of my whole
life.
I'll bite off more than I can chew until it hurts.
Putting the question on my direction.
I'll bite off more than I can chew if to eat your
words.
There is no answer for the better or worse.
Waking up on the floor.
"What kind of future is that one to be working toward?"
"I don't know, you tell me."
You've taken quite an interest as of lately.
Bleeding dry of loves for cash,
I've carried you upon my back.
And I, I can't carry you anymore
I'll bite off more than I can chew until it hurts.
Putting the question on my direction.
I'll bite off more than I can chew if to eat your
words.
There is no answer for the better or worse.
The road will bring to you something fresh, something
new.
Bite more than you can chew until they eat their words.
We calculate a path in all we do, do the math.