Events Tagged: "preserved"

Final pyroclastic surge hits Pompeii - 6:30 AM, kills remaining residents instantly, bodies create voids in ash forming famous casts

Troubadour melodies preserved - about 250 melodies survive with notation, complex musical forms accompany poetry

Herculaneum accidentally rediscovered - well digger finds ancient theater, perfectly preserved by volcanic material

Pompeii rediscovered and excavated - Spanish engineer finds city, plaster cast technique reveals victims' final moments

Pompeii graffiti reveals ancient life - thousands of inscriptions: 'Gaius was here,' business ads, love notes, insults, bawdy jokes, showing Romans were just like us