excavation
mount vesuvius
present time
geography
before eruption
100
how many acres is the excavation site?
150 acres
100
what destroyed pompeii?
a volcano
100
how many people visit Pompeii each year?
2.6 million
100
what word does pompeii derive from?
pumpe
100
what was there before the eruption?
buildings, artfiacts, and people
200
what was Pompeii covered and preserved in?
ash
200
when was pompeii destroyed
august 24 at noon
200
after being unearthed it is still preserved and well; true or false
false
200
where is Pompeii located?
italy
200
what was pompeii before the eruption?
thriving and sophisticated
300
what year did they start excavating?
1748
300
how many times has mount Vesuvius erupted in its existence?
50 times
300
what year wad it first put on the World Monument Watch list?
1996
300
how many km is pompeii inland?
2
300
when did houses first start appearing in Pomeii?
300 BC
400
why was it preserved so well?
it was covered so quickly in ash
400
how old is mount Vesuvius?
thousands of years
400
when was the last time Pompeii was put on the Word Monument Watch list?
2004
400
how many meters would it have been lower at that time?
4
400
what was the population inpomeii?
15000 people
500
how many feet of ash was it preserved under?
14 to 17
500
when was the last time mount Vesuvius erupted?
1944
500
is Pompeii the largest excavation site in the world?
yes
500
what kind of city was pompeii?
rich roman city
500
what did they not know about mount vesuvius?
that it was a volcano
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