pompii by Ash Simison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2017-02-17 15:44:19 UTC 2017-05-17 01:48:11 UTC hello@padlet.com It was extimated that just over 13% of the total population of Pompeii died in the initial blast. A population of around 15,000 people and an estimated 2,000 died. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154654845 2017-02-17 17:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154654845 At a height of 1,281 metres high and estimated age of 17,000 years it's said that Mount Vesuvius has erupted over 50 times. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655039 2017-02-17 17:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655039 The Ruins of Pompeii are visited by over 2.6 million people per year. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655166 2017-02-17 17:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655166 The pyroclastic flows from the eruption can move at 450mph / 724 km/h with temperatures reaching as high as 1,830°F or 999°C. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655346 2017-02-17 17:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655346 The objects buried underneath Pompeii were preserved for almost 2,000 years, but after being unearthed, natural and man-made forces have led to their decline. This has concerned archaeologists and Pompeii was included in the 1996 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund, and again in 1998 and in 2000. It has been estimated that $335 million are needed for the conservation of the site. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655511 2017-02-17 17:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655511 Mount Vesuvius erupted six times in the 18th century, eight times in the 19th century and in 1906, 1929 and 1944. There has been no eruption since 1944!!! ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655677 2017-02-17 17:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655677 The Amphitheatre of Pompeii is the oldest stone building of its kind known to mankind, dating back to 80 BC. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655830 2017-02-17 17:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655830 The Catastrophic eruption on the 24th, August 79 AD was said to have lasted more than 24 hours. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655976 2017-02-17 17:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154655976 After a natural disaster the damage was so extensive and the effect of the tragedy so great that no attempts were made to reoccupy the area, maybe due to the fact that Pompeii was buried under 14 to 17 feet of ash and pumice. Looters, however, did return to Pompeii, digging tunnels through the ash and debris and making away with many of the city’s riches. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656095 2017-02-17 17:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656095 The last eruption of Mount Vesuvius occurred in 1944, during the height of the Second World War, destroying U.S. bomber planes stationed a few kilometres away. A long period of calm usually means an eruption may happen soon. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656204 2017-02-17 17:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656204 Over 3 million people live in the immediate area of Mount Vesuvius. More people live dangerously close to it than to any other volcano anywhere in the world. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656311 2017-02-17 17:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656311 At 150-acres, the walled city of Pompeii is the world's largest excavation and archaeologist site. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656414 2017-02-17 17:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656414 Some of the homes in downtown ancient Pompeii had already been present since the year 300 BC. Therefore, by 79 AD and the time of the eruption, these houses were older than what America is today. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656554 2017-02-17 17:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656554 Following seismic activity and coastal changes, Pompeii now stands 2km inland but it would have been much closer to the sea and the mouth of the Sarno in Roman times and around four metres lower. ashsimison https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656770 2017-02-17 17:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ashsimison/g0xr0l1in1eg/wish/154656770