Pompeii

Pompeii : Stories from an Eruption http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/pompeii/
                Includes an interactive eruption timeline.

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Pompeii : Explore Pompeii (Harcourt School Publishers) – good site

       Explore Pompeii http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/pmpPomp.html  

Includes the House of the Faun, Forum, Thermae Stabianae, and Amphitheater (pictures/descriptions), 360° viewing of Tuscan Atrium, and an animation of Roman baths (central heating).

         Vesuvius: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/pmpVesu.html

·          What did the eruption look like? includes an animation of the eruption and a written description

·         What kind of volcano is Vesuvius?

·         Why is Vesuvius located where it is?

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BBC

Pompeii Art and Architecture http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_art_gallery.shtml

Work and Play in Everyday Pompeii http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/daily_life_gallery.shtml

                Pictures of architecture, wall-paintings and mosaics, domestic artifacts found in Pompeii that “provides a unique insight into the lives of ordinary Romans in the 1^st century AD.” Pictures are linked to explanations.

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