Where is Pompeii?
What country is Pompeii located in?
Italy
What year was Pompeii buried by the eruption?
What volcano provided fertile soil for Pompeii?
What food item was found carbonised in Pompeii?
Bread
Which archaeologist worked in Pompeii during the 19th century?
Giuseppe Fiorelli
What region of Italy is Pompeii found in?
Campagnia
At what time did the first eruption phase begin?
7 AM
What river supplied fresh water and transport?
Sarno River
What material was the statue that gave the House of the Faun its name?
Bronze
What did Giuseppe Fiorelli use to create his moulds?
Plaster
What major volcano is Pompeii located near
Mt Vesuvius
What warning sign was felt before the eruption began?
Earthquakes
What bay helped Pompeii become a major trading port?
Bay of Naples
What were vases used for in Pompeii?
Why is 3D modelling useful for archaeologists?
What direction is Naples from Mt Vesuvius
West
What is the name of the tsunami like event that covered the city in debris and poisonous gases?
Pyroclastic Surge
Name two agricultural products produced in Pompeii.
Wine, Olive Oil, Garum, Wool
Jupiter the Roman God worshipped in Pompeii is similar to what Greek God ?
Zeus - King of the Gods/God of Lightning
Who supervised the excavation of the Via dell'Abodanza
Amedeo Maiuri
What is the name of the other city that was buried in the eruption
Herculaneum
By the end of the eruption, Pompeii was buried under how many meters of ash and pumice?
4 meters
What sea did the Bay of Naples lead into.
Mediterranean Sea
Where was the Temple of Jupiter located
In the Forum (town square)
Fiorelli broke the town into 3 distint areas, what are they?
regions (districts), insulae (blocks), domus (house)