Bodies From The Ash: Life And Death In Ancient Pompeii

by James M. Deem

2021-01-05 07:37:25

In ancient times, Pompeii was one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire. Its 20,000 inhabitants lived in the shadow of Vesuvius, which they believed was a mountain. But Vesuvius was an active volcano, and within twenty-four hours of its eruption,... Read more
In ancient times, Pompeii was one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire. Its 20,000 inhabitants lived in the shadow of Vesuvius, which they believed was a mountain. But Vesuvius was an active volcano, and within twenty-four hours of its eruption, the city was destroyed. Hundreds of years later, archaeologists unearthed what was buried under the rubble. The most unexpected and extraordinary discovery? The imprints of Pompeiians, their deaths captured as if by photographic images in volcanic ash. Less

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File size9 X 11 X 0.23 in
Print pages64
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date October 3, 2017
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781328740830

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