1. Ancient Civilizations: Pompeii

2. What is Pompeii?
One of the very first civilizations located near modern day Naples, Italy
City founded between the sixth and seventh century BCE
Captured by the Romans in 80 BCE

3. What happened in Pompeii?
Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
It was covered in 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft.) of ash and pumice which helped preserve the city for thousands of years!
Evidence of the destruction originally comes from a surviving account by Pliny the Younger

4. Preserving Pompeii
Due to the lack of oxygen, the objects were well preserved for almost 2,000 years
Many images show the victims in almost pristine condition

5. Technology within Pompeii
Provides a snapshot of Roman life from the 1st century
Equipped with indoor plumbing
Aqueduct’s
Amphitheatre
Pottery
Temple of Apollo

6. Pompeii Today Today it has become a huge tourist site
Today the biggest problem is the decay of artifacts

7. STOP!
How do you think the people of Pompeii were able to build these amazing things?
Rocks
Power tools
Nuts and bolts
Glue

8. Answer!
Rocks!
They used the various forms of rocks to make tools including stone, brick or concrete.

9. Question 1 Where is the city of Pompeii located? Italy Germany Greece
France

10. Question 2 What happened to Pompeii in 79 A.D.?
It was attacked by the French army
A mysterious illness killed the whole town
A volcano erupted leaving the city buried in ash
Nothing. It was a small quant town that still exists today in its original form.

11. Question 3 What was the name of the volcano that erupted in 79 A.D?
Mount Pompeii
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kohala

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