Wht for the city of pompei is famous......... ???

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Wht for the city of pompei is famous......... ???

Answer 1

A massive barbecue, which the whole town attended.

Answer 2

Mt. Vesuvius-

Massive volcanic eruption that buried people alive under miles of volcanic ash.  Da Da Da!!

Answer 3

found somewhat intact after a volcanic eruption destroyed Pompei in 79 AD along with Hyrculaneum

Answer 4

Being almost immediately covered with lava and ash from the eruption of Mt Vesuvius.

Answer 5

Being covered by a volcanic eruption.

Answer 6

it's name?

Answer 7

Being blown up by a volcano called Mt. Vesuvius, back during the Roman Republic times.

Answer 8

It was covered in lava and ash because mt.vesuvius erupted

Almost 20,000 people died

It really is famous for the evacations that was performed there

Also Pompeii helped scientists understand the way people lived back in rome

Pompeii is known for freezing ancient rome in time

Answer 9

I've never heard of the place but i have been educated now that you asked the question and so many people had the answer. now I have been up all morning researching the place. Thanks

Answer 10

Vesuvius erupted casting a thick, stifling to the death dust cover over the ancient town. A little know fact is : the citizens could see the volcano beginning to react caused them to remain behind, ASSUMING the "gods" were giving them signs toward some miraculous display of auspicious sort. Their ignorance of fact, much as it is now, STILL, only aided in having surprised them by the great waves of after-dust and be smothered everywhere they happened to be.

Ignorance can be so blissful it can kill you!

I was in Pompeii and I could hardly believe these were people encased in ash...they so much looked like statues!

So much for "gods" too, as well as devils, by the way...the details is in them, alright!!!

Answer 11

Being buried, along with the city of Herculaneum, under the ash from an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79CE

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/p...

http://pompeii.virginia.edu/

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pom...

Answer 12

I'm not a fan of wikipedia, but have a look at -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii

Answer 13

An eruption of the volcano named Vesuvious which engulfed the entire city in ashes, which preserved the city in almost prestine condition!!

Answer 14

it is famous bc it is rich in Roman history and ruins, although much was destroyed by  by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.  However, they are excavating much of the city.

Answer 15

Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei.

It, along with Herculaneum (its sister city), was destroyed, and completely buried, during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days on 24 August 79 AD.

The volcano collapsed higher roof-lines and buried Pompeii under many meters of ash and pumice, and it was lost for nearly 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. Today, it is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Also, worth noting are an amphitheatre, a Palaestra with a central natatorium or swimming pool, and an aqueduct that provided water for more than 25 street fountains, at least four public baths, and a large number of private houses (domus) and businesses. The amphitheatre has been cited by modern scholars as a model of sophisticated design particularly in the area of crowd control.

Today, it is the most popular tourist attraction in Italy!

Answer 16

Well, im gonna have a long answer for this, cause i've studied it already. The town of Pompeii was so close to Mt. Vesuvius (a volcanoe) that when it erupted, it covered and burnt Pompeii w/ lava and ash. Pompeii was a tiny town so there for, u couldn't see it cause of the blanket of ash. Now, 200 yrs later, some diggers hit something hard. They kept on digging and digging and digging, and soon, Pompeii was revealed again. They found that people and been turned to pale yellow, brown, and black statues! They also found 18 loaves of bread in a bakery oven that had turned to rock-hard STONE!

Answer 17

being consumed by mt vesuvius and covered in ash. it was later excavated and found to contain countless amounts of pristine artifacts that had been preserved by the ash.

Answer 18

Being held in suspened animation by volcanic ash.  It gave us a small glimpse of life back then.  Since bodies left holes in the ash when filled with plaster left human shaped statues of their last moments.

Answer 19

Being covered by a volcanic blast and giving the modern world a real look at ancient times

Answer 20

The eruption of mount vesuvious covered peompeii in vocanic ash and herculaneu (a nearby town) in volcanic mud.  Therefore these places were safe from the elements of the world and were preserved