Author: Eric Moormann
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1614519188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 485
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Although there are many works dealing with Pompeii and Herculaneum, none of them try to encompass the entire spectrum of material related to its reception in popular imagination. Pompeii’s Ashes surveys a broad variety of such works, ranging from travelogues between ca. 1740 and 2010 to 250 years of fiction, including stage works, music, and films. The first two chapters provide an in-depth analysis of the excavation history and an overview of the reflections of travelers. The six remaining chapters discuss several clearly-defined genres: historical novels with pagan tendencies, and those with Christians and Jews as protagonists, contemporary adventures, time traveling, mock manuscripts, and works dedicated to Vesuvius. “Pompeii’s Ashes” demonstrates how the eternal fascination with the oldest still-running archaeological projects in the world began, developed, and continue until now.
Author: Sarah Pitt Kaplan
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
ISBN: 9780516251226
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Buried cities, mummified bodies, armies of clay - this series digs down deep into history to uncover some of the mysteries of the past.
Author: James M. Deem
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618473084
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Author: Edith Kunhardt
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0553512587
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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A Step 4 HISTORY reader. "The drama of natural disasters provides prime material to entice young independent readers. In this volume, the account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius describes village life 2,000 years ago, the eruption itself and its aftermath, and the excitement when the buried town is rediscovered centuries later. A lively and factual glimpse of a devastating moment in history, in an accessible, attractive package."--Publishers Weekly. Step 4 Readers use challenging vocabulary and short paragraphs to tell exciting stories. For newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence. With full-color illustrations.
Author: William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher:
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Category : Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Author: Mary Beard
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847650643
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
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WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; or the legendary number of brothels, most likely only one; or the massive death count, maybe less than ten per cent of the population. An extraordinary and involving portrait of an ancient town, its life and its continuing re-discovery, by Britain's favourite classicist.
Author: Thomas Henry Dyer
Publisher:
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Category : Pompeii (Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Author: August Mau
Publisher:
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Category : Pompei (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Author: Charles Morris
Publisher:
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 966
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