Study sets matching "pompeii"
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decipher
enable
circulated
interpretations
to figure out the meaning of something difficult to read or un…
to make able
to pass from person to person; move around widely among differ…
an explanation of the meaning of something
decipher
to figure out the meaning of something difficult to read or un…
enable
to make able
Ash
Amphitheater
Gladiator
Disaster
the powdery substance left after burning something
arena theater with tiers rising around a central open space
A person trained to fight another person to the death for publ…
something that causes great damage or harm
Ash
the powdery substance left after burning something
Amphitheater
arena theater with tiers rising around a central open space
24th August 79AD
Herculaneum
Pliny the Younger
Guiseppe Fiorelli
Day Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Pompeii
Town near Pompeii. Also destroyed
Wrote only account of eruption
First to properly excavated Pompeii
24th August 79AD
Day Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Pompeii
Herculaneum
Town near Pompeii. Also destroyed
archaeologist
avalanche
catastrophe
colonnade
a scientist who learns about ancient people by studying the th…
A great mass of ice, earth, or snow mixed with rocks sliding d…
disaster causing great loss or sedtruction
a row of columns supporting a roof
archaeologist
a scientist who learns about ancient people by studying the th…
avalanche
A great mass of ice, earth, or snow mixed with rocks sliding d…
Advantages as a settlement
Describe the earthquake
Describe the eruption
Who was Pliny and What does Pliny descr…
-Lava spur: south west of the city gave natural defence... -River…
-62 AD: Town prone to seismic activity... -Houses and temples had…
-24th August 79 AD (1st time in 700 years)... -Before, small eart…
-Young Pliny wrote letters to Tacitus (historian) telling him…
Advantages as a settlement
-Lava spur: south west of the city gave natural defence... -River…
Describe the earthquake
-62 AD: Town prone to seismic activity... -Houses and temples had…
24th August 79AD
Herculaneum
Pliny the Younger
Guiseppe Fiorelli
Day Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Pompeii
Town near Pompeii. Also destroyed
Wrote only account of eruption
First to properly excavated Pompeii
24th August 79AD
Day Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Pompeii
Herculaneum
Town near Pompeii. Also destroyed
Vesuvius eruption date
When did the first pyroclastic surge oc…
What is a pyroclastic surge?
What is a plinian eruption?
24th August 79AD
Midnight on the 24th
A ground-hugging avalanche of hot ash, pumic, rock fragments a…
Marked by columns of gas and volcanic ash extending high into…
Vesuvius eruption date
24th August 79AD
When did the first pyroclastic surge oc…
Midnight on the 24th
archaeologist (noun)
artifact (noun)
erupt (verb)
ash (noun)
People who study clues from the past to learn about how people…
An object made by a human that give clues about how people liv…
Break or burst out suddenly.
The soft gray powder that is left after something burns.
archaeologist (noun)
People who study clues from the past to learn about how people…
artifact (noun)
An object made by a human that give clues about how people liv…
deteriorate
erupt
volcano
ash
To fall apart or become worse over time.
A sudden outbreak of something, typically something unwelcome…
A mountain or hill having a vent through which lava, rock, gas…
The remains of something destroyed; ruins.
deteriorate
To fall apart or become worse over time.
erupt
A sudden outbreak of something, typically something unwelcome…