Pompeii padlet by Luna Iparraguirre https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g Creative way: Background information en-us 2022-04-12 15:08:57 UTC 2025-10-06 23:47:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 38lunaiparraguirre https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2140997505 Pompeii is a preserved ancient Roman city at the southeastern base of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii was built on a spur formed by a prehistoric lava flow to the north of the mouth of the Sarnus (modern Sarno) River. ]]> 2022-04-12 15:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2140997505 38lunaiparraguirre https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2141002215 Around noon on August 24, 79 CE, a huge eruption from Mount Vesuvius showered volcanic debris over the city of Pompeii, followed the next day by clouds of blisteringly hot gases. Buildings were destroyed, the population was crushed or asphyxiated, and the city was buried beneath a blanket of ash and pumice.]]> 2022-04-12 15:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2141002215 38lunaiparraguirre https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2141007090 For many centuries Pompeii slept beneath its pall of ash, which perfectly preserved the remains. When these were finally unearthed, in the 1700s, the world was astonished at the discovery of a sophisticated Greco-Roman city frozen in time. Grand public buildings included an impressive forum and an amphitheatre; lavish villas and all kinds of houses, dating back to the 4th century BCE, were also uncovered. Inside were some preserved remains of people sheltering from the eruption; others lay buried as they fled; bakeries were found with loaves still in the ovens. The buildings and their contents revealed day-to-day life in the ancient world—and stirred 18th-century interest in all things classical.


]]> 2022-04-12 15:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2141007090 Pompeii is a song written by Bastille from the point of view of someone who lived there 38lunaiparraguirre https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2141012500 2022-04-12 15:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2141012500 Remains of people sheltering from the eruption 38lunaiparraguirre https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2144279412 2022-04-14 19:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2144279412 Archaeologists discover 'slave room' at Pompeii 38lunaiparraguirre https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2144289086 2022-04-14 19:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2144289086 Representation of what someone imagined the tragedy of Pompeii looked like 38lunaiparraguirre https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2144294537 It would not be the first nor the last time that a volcano erupted near a populated area, however, that is one of the largest recorded in history, both for its power and the number of victims, since its expansive force exceeded the one of any nuclear bomb exploded on the surface and killed between 15 and 20 thousand people.]]> 2022-04-14 19:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2144294537 The inhabitants of Pompeii and Herculaneum had had enough time to escape since the volcanic cone first erupted until both cities were covered by ash and stone. Why then didn't they? 38lunaiparraguirre https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2144298181 One of the main reasons why people did not escape in time was the lack of information. The victims simply did not know the destructive force of volcanoes, and they paid dearly for it. In the then 800-year history of Rome there had been no eruption in the area, and the little documentation on the subject was largely unknown. The last time Vesuvius had awakened from its slumber was around 1800 BC. C., when he destroyed several Neolithic villages, but no one in the Empire could know.]]> 2022-04-14 19:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/38lunaiparraguirre/kkhr4seejyvwp04g/wish/2144298181