Pompeii Lecture Series: Mount Vesuvius in Human History
Category: Lecture
Length: 1:06:21
| Video Date | 10/20/2013 |
| Film Description | The Pompeii Lecture Series, presented in conjunction with the Franklin Institute's new "A Day in Pompeii" exhibition, kicks off with this talk by Dr. Robert Giegengack, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Mount Vesuvius is the most active volcano in Europe and the Mediterranean; its explosive eruption in 79 CE produced a cloud of heated dust and gases that killed about 16,000 people in Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the adjacent countryside. In this lecture, Dr. Giegengack discusses the history and science surrounding the eruptions of Vesuvius and other volcanoes in the Calabrian Arc. |
| Video Category | Lecture |
| Contributor(s) | Robert Giegengack |