Daisy McLintock Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Is in Italy and her name is Vesuvius.We've been studying various dangerous volcanoes in my Geology class and this one is the most fascinating because the whole city was buried alive under hot ash. They excavated and found everything just as it was.Here's the link. You don't need a password or anything, but it uses Adobe Flash so hope you have it. Be sure and click on all the links and little video buttons. Towards the end you learn about the bakery they had -- wow talk about creativity with nature. Anyway hope you enjoy it just as I have.By the way I'm doing my homework in this link as I type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliaD Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I don't see a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Vesuvius has NOTHING over my wife when SHE blows her top!!!! LOLJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy McLintock Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Sorry about not posting the link! Wanted to say that Vesuvius is extremely dangerous because there are a million people living near this active volcano. Safe evacuation plan? For a million people? Not likely... http://www.gso.uri.edu/131_Site/Vesuvius/Home/index.html John, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 History Channel did a segment on Vesuvius a while back... it is amazing not only to find how those people lived (and died) but to find them so incredibly intact... They have managed to "recreate" many of the victims by using the very ash that entombed them as a sort of "mold"... Creepy but very interesting and of significant historical value I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 In my 6th and 7th grade science classes we are studying volcanoes. I showed them a book from the library that had great photos of the Molds:History Channel did a segment on Vesuvius a while back... it is amazing not only to find how those people lived (and died) but to find them so incredibly intact... They have managed to "recreate" many of the victims by using the very ash that entombed them as a sort of "mold"... Creepy but very interesting and of significant historical value I think...That are mentioned in the above quote from Paulie. They really look like people sleeping or shielding their faces from disaster. The eggs they found and walnuts and dates are incredible. A really different sort of fate that these people in 79 A.D. never had time to evacuate. Interesting stuff to say the least!Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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