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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 31 cm.
Description
Examining the art, buildings, and pieces left behind after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the story of Pompeii and what life was like for its residents is presented in an illustrated guide about a thriving ancient Roman city.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter selection sheet.
Description
In the year 79 AD, the ancient seaside city of Pompeii was buried beneath a mountain of volcanic ash and pumice when nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius furiously erupted. More than two thousand of Pompeii's citizens lost their lives. For almost 1,700 years, until its rediscovery in 1748, Pompeii lay hidden - a city and its people suspended in time. Now we can see the streets and buildings almost as they were on the day Pompeii died- an incredible snapshot...
Author
Series
I survived volume 10
Formats
Description
"During the infamous eruption of Mount Vesuvius, one boy struggles to escape. Can he survive the most devastating disaster of ancient times? In this thrilling addition to the bestselling I SURVIVED series, readers are taken back to antiquity with a young boy trying to escape as the giant Mount Vesuvius erupts. Does he have what it takes to survive the epic destruction of Pompeii?" --
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
340 pages ;
Description
"When Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the force of the explosion blew the top right off the mountain, burying nearby Pompeii in a shower of volcanic ash. Ironically, the calamity that proved so lethal for Pompeii's inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations. From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town explores the fascinating variety of these experiences,...
8) Pompeii
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
Author
Series
Flashback Four volume 3
Formats
Description
Sent back in time to 79 AD, on a mission to photograph the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Flashback Four race to get their picture.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
320 pages
Description
"A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history--and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the...
12) The next Pompeii
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the shadow of Vesuvius, a lesser-known volcano rumbles: Campi Flegrei. An eruption could endanger the millions of residents of the city of Naples. Scientists gain new insights into what happened in nearby Pompeii, and dig into the unique geology of Campi Flegrei. Can an innovative eruption warning system prevent Naples becoming the next Pompeii?
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
360 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was--more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol?--and what it can tell us about 'ordinary' life there."--From publisher description.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 13
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
74 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
Their magic tree house takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii just as Vesuvius is about to erupt, and they must find a Roman scroll before everything is covered with burning ash.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (107 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.)
Description
In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, eminent classicist and Professor Steven L. Tuck resurrects the long-lost lives of aristocrats, merchants, slaves, and other individuals from this imperial Roman city--made famous for its demise after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The result is an unprecedented view of life as it was lived in this ancient culture and an opportunity to discover intriguing details that lay buried for centuries.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 13
Publisher
Lectorum Publications
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
74 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Their magic tree house takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii just as Vesuvius is about to erupt, and they must find a Roman scroll before everything is covered with burning ash.
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