Pompeii the doomed city
In the year 79 AD, the ancient seaside city of Pompeii was buried beneath a mountain of volcanic ash and pumice when nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius furiously erupted. More than two thousand of Pompeii's citizens lost their lives. For almost 1,700 years, until its rediscovery in 1748, Pompeii lay hidd...
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English |
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West Long Branch, N.J. :
Kultur,
[2006]
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| Series: | Lost treasures of the ancient world
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| Summary: | In the year 79 AD, the ancient seaside city of Pompeii was buried beneath a mountain of volcanic ash and pumice when nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius furiously erupted. More than two thousand of Pompeii's citizens lost their lives. For almost 1,700 years, until its rediscovery in 1748, Pompeii lay hidden - a city and its people suspended in time. Now we can see the streets and buildings almost as they were on the day Pompeii died- an incredible snapshot of Roman civilization in its heyday. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Originally produced in 1998. "Under exclusive license from Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd." Special features: All-new footage of Pompeii as it looks today; detailed reconstructions and re-creations; stylish graphics and computer animation; commentary, interpretation and analysis. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, full screen (1:33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., NTSC. |
| Production Credits: | Producers, Lara Lowe, Vanessa Tovell; director, Bob Carruthers; written by Nikki Ford. |
| ISBN: | 0769781632 9780769781631 |
