the city of pompeii 庞贝古城英文简介.doc

Pompeii The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was partially destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Eruption of Vesuvius By the 1st century AD, Pompeii was one of a number of towns located near the base of the volcano, Mount Vesuvius. The area had a substantial population which grew prosperous from the regions renowned agricultural fertility. Many of Pompeiis neighboring communities, most famously Herculaneum, also suffered damage or destruction during the 79 eruption. The eruption occurred on August 24, just one day after Vulcanalia, the festival of the Roman god of fire, including that from volcanoes. A multidisciplinary volcanological and bio-anthropological study of the eruption products and victims, merged with numerical simulations and experiments, indicate that at Vesuvius and surrounding towns heat was the main cause of death of people, previously believed to have died by ash suffocation. The results of the study, published in 2010, show that exposure to at least 250?°C hot surges at a distance of 10 kilometres from the vent was sufficient to cause instant death, even if people were sheltered within buildings. After many years,Pompeii disappeared in our minds.Then，the people from Greece and Sicily found a forest at the foot of the volcano.They discovered that there is blackland when they cut down the trees，they plant grapes there. In A.D. 1748，a farmer called Andre and his brother dug a cupboard made of metal.To their surprise，there are a lot of dissolved jewelry and ancient money in it. This news took air，the farmers were thinking of the legend of disappeared Pompeii that ancestors told them.So,many archaeologists，historian，and even treasure hunters swarmed to there.In 1876，Italy government agreed with experts to dig the Pompeii out.Through