Pompeii: Lost and Found

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2009

⏱️ 16 minutes

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When Mount Vesuvius erupted in August of 79 AD, Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash and rock. As time passed, Pompeii was forgotten. Learn more about the catastrophe that destroyed Pompeii -- as well as the city's rediscovery -- in this podcast.

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0:30.6	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from houseofworks.com.
0:35.8	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.7	I'm Katie Lambert, and I'm Sarah Daudy, and Atlanta has been besieged by rain
0:49.9	for what feels like something around 45 days, but it's really only then two weeks.
0:54.5	Two weeks is long enough for me.
0:56.7	And everything is flooding, but you know it's worse than flooding, Sarah.
1:00.7	I think I have an idea.
1:02.4	Being rained on with volcanic ash, which is what happened to Pompeii in AD 79.
1:09.5	Pompeii was founded by the Oscans in the 6th or 7th century BC.
1:13.1	We're not sure.
1:14.4	It was near Naples, and the region of Campania was very fertile, lots of olives and grain,
1:19.6	and sheep, Sarah and I are very fond of sheep.
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