Power Of Genie

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/interactive/interactive.html http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/pliny/video.html History of Pompeii something you must know. “You could hear women lamenting, children crying, men shouting. There were some so afraid of death that they prayed for death. Many raised their hands to the gods, and even more believed that there were no gods any longer and that this was one unending night for the world.” —Pliny the Younger, circa A.D. 97 to 109 It all lasted 19 hours. Then, there was only a long, deathly silence. Pompeii lay buried for nearly 1,700 years. It wasn’t until 1748 that archaeologists began slowly uncovering the ancient city, preserved under 9 feet of volcanic ash and frozen in time by Pliny the Younger’s vivid report. About three-fifths of the city has been liberated from the solidified volcanic ash and pumice that engulfed it. But many questions remained unanswered for a long time.