The Destruction of Pompeii | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"On or around the 17th of October, 79AD, Mount Vesuvius – a volcano in southern Italy – erupted. Ash, dust and poisonous gases were blasted high into the sky..."

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TRANSLATIONS:
► This video is also available in German (   • Die Zerstörung von Pompei | Eine kurz...  )

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Background
02:34 - The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
08:03 - After the Disaster

MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
► "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell

SOURCES:
► "The A.D. 79 Eruption at Mt. Vesuvius" published by UC San Diego. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/200810190....
► "The Economy of Pompeii" by Miko Flohr and Andrew Wilson, published by Oxford University Press, 2016. Link: https://oxford.universitypressscholar....
► "Benchmarks: March 17, 1944: The most recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius" by Sara E Pratt, published by Earth Magazine, March 2016. Link: https://www.earthmagazine.org/article....
► "Pompeii" published by History.com, August 2010. Link: https://www.history.com/topics/ancien....

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