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Vesuvius eruption reconstruction
The people of the ancient Roman towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii died when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79 and pyroclastic flows of hot gas, ash and rock burnt and suffocated them. In modern times, archaeologists have found cavities in the ash left by their bodies and filled them with plaster to show how they fell.
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A collection of video clips about the volcano Mount Vesuvius and its AD79 eruption.
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