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Bodies from the ash, James M. Deem

Label
Bodies from the ash, James M. Deem
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
Middle School1120, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Bodies from the ash
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
56982359
Responsibility statement
James M. Deem
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, 8.0.Reading Counts!, 6.2.Accelerated Reader, MG, 8.0, 1.0, 103280
Summary
Details the events that occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii in 79 A.D., focusing on how this information was deduced from the skeletons found by archaeologists at the site. In ancient times, Pompeii was one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire. Its 20,000 inhabitants lived in the shadow of Vesuvius, which they believed was nothing more than a mountain. But Vesuvius was a volcano. And on the morning of August 24, A.D. 79, Vesuvius began to erupt. Within twenty-four hours, the entire city of Pompeii-and many of its citizens-had been utterly annihilated. It was not until hundreds of years later that Pompeii saw daylight again, as archaeological excavations began to unearth what had been buried under layers of volcanic rubble. Digging crews expected to find buildings and jewelry and other treasures, but they found something unexpected, too: the imprints of lost Pompeiians, their deaths captured as if by photographic images in volcanic ash
Table Of Contents
August 24 and 25, AD 79 -- Rediscovering Pompeii -- The plaster bodies of Pompeii -- Lives from the ashes -- Herculaneumæs different fate -- A final excavation
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
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