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| The year (Common Era) when Pompeii was destroyed | 79 |
| The name of the volcano that destroyed Pompeii? | Vesuvius |
| What nearby town was also destroyed? | Herculaneum |
| Which Roman historian saw the eruption | Pliny the Younger (his uncle died investigating the eruption) |
| The unlucky inhabitants of Pompeii were buried under about five metres of pumice and volcanic _ _ _? | ash |
| The people of Herculaneum were buried under 13 metres of boiling _ _ _? | mud |
| In which century were the remains of Pompeii first found ? | 16th |
| What was the name (forename and surname) of the great archaeologist who started excavating Pompeii in the 1860s?) | Guiseppi Fiorelli |
| Fiorelli invented a method of making copies of bodies found at Pompeii by pumping what substance into the cavity left by the body in the ashes | plaster |
| The bay on which Pompeii was located made the town a popular resort for which class of Roman society ? | Pompeii was a popular resort for the wealthy |
| Pompeii used to be located on this river | The river Sarno flowed past Pompeii before the eruption |
| The population of Pompeii in 79 CE was ? | Pompeii's population was about 20 000 |
| The population of Herculaneum in 79CE ? | Herculaneum's population was about 5000 |
| This was Pompeii's most famous product - what was it ? | Pompeii was famous for its production of Garum, a fermented and very strong fish sauce (garum) |
| In 59 CE a major riot broke out in Pompeii; several were killed - what caused it? | The famous riot in Pompeii in 59CE was caused by a fight between rival supporters during a contest at Pompeii's ampitheatre |
| This is the technical term for a blast of very hot gases,ash and rocks which travels almost horizontally | Pyroclastic surge - it kills by a combination of heat, lack of oxygen and its large rocks which cause injury |
