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© 2009 Universal Press Syndicate release dates: June 6-12 23-1 (09) from The Mini Page © 2009 Universal Press Syndicate Imagine yourself on a warm August day.What might you and your friends be doing? You could be: Pompeii in the first century If you had lived in Pompeii in A.D. 79, your hometown would have been a busy, successful place. Crops grew well because of the rich volcanic soil around the Bay of Naples. Shopkeepers sold baked goods, fish cooked to order, and cloth for clothes. Wealthy people had grand houses with courtyards called peristyle gardens. They had slaves to cook their food and tend to their homes. Most buildings were two stories high. Temples, or large buildings where people worshipped, in Pompeii honored different gods and goddesses, including Jupiter (god of sky and thunder) and Apollo (god of light and sun), and the Roman emperor Vespasian. Pompeii probably didn’t smell very good because people emptied their garbage and sewage into the gutters. Signs of trouble Living so close to Mount Vesuvius, citizens of Pompeii were used to feeling earthquakes. In fact, in A.D. 62, a strong earthquake caused many buildings to fall down and streets to buckle. Builders, plumbers and slaves repaired much of the damage over the next 17 years. In the days before Aug. 24, people in Pompeii felt small tremors, or vibrations. Hanging lamps swung. Water stopped flowing from the aqueduct, a pipe for moving water. Birds flew away from the area. A Buried City Rediscovering Pompeii Please include all of the appropriate registered trademark symbols and copyright lines in any publication of The Mini Page ® . On a regular day like this more than 1,900 years ago, citizens of a city in Italy were going about their business when a mountain about six miles away rumbled and then exploded. The Mini Page studied more about the city of Pompeii, what life was like there, and Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that buried the city and many of its inhabitants on Aug. 24, A.D. 79*. Experts believe about 20,000 people lived in Pompeii at the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Many of them were probably able to escape before being buried. *A.D. stands for anno Domini, which means “the year of our Lord” in Latin. When we use it with a year,it refers to the time after Jesus Christ was born. B.C. stands for “before Christ.” Some people say B.C.E. (before common era) and C.E. (common era) instead. • playing outside with pets • swimming at the pool • getting ready for school to start • helping with chores around the house ITALY ROME BAY OF NAPLES Pompeii Mt. Vesuvius Misenum Herculaneum

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Imagine yourself on a warm Augustday. What might you and your friends bedoing? You could be:

Pompeii in the first centuryIf you had lived in Pompeii in A.D. 79,

your hometown would have been a busy,successful place. Crops grew well becauseof the rich volcanic soil around the Bay ofNaples. Shopkeepers sold baked goods,fish cooked to order, and cloth for clothes.

Wealthy people had grand houses withcourtyards called peristyle gardens.They had slaves to cook their food andtend to their homes. Most buildings weretwo stories high.

Temples, or large buildings wherepeople worshipped, in Pompeii honoreddifferent gods and goddesses, includingJupiter (god of sky and thunder) andApollo (god of light and sun), and theRoman emperor Vespasian.

Pompeii probably didn’t smell verygood because people emptied theirgarbage and sewage into the gutters.

Signs of troubleLiving so close to Mount Vesuvius,

citizens of Pompeii were used to feelingearthquakes. In fact, in A.D. 62, a strongearthquake caused many buildings to falldown and streets to buckle. Builders,plumbers and slaves repaired much ofthe damage over the next 17 years.

In the days before Aug. 24, people inPompeii felt small tremors, orvibrations. Hanging lampsswung. Water stoppedflowing from theaqueduct, a pipe formoving water. Birds flewaway from the area.

A Buried City

Rediscovering Pompeii

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On a regular day like this more than1,900 years ago, citizens of a city in Italywere going about their business when amountain about six miles away rumbledand then exploded.

The Mini Page studied more about thecity of Pompeii, what life was like there,and Mount Vesuvius, the volcano thatburied the city and many of itsinhabitants on Aug. 24, A.D. 79*.

Experts believe about 20,000 people lived in Pompeii atthe time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Many ofthem were probably able to escape before being buried.

*A.D. stands for anno Domini, which means “theyear of our Lord” in Latin. When we use it with ayear, it refers to the time after Jesus Christ was born.

B.C. stands for “before Christ.”Some people say B.C.E. (before common era) and

C.E. (common era) instead.

• playing outsidewith pets

• swimming atthe pool

• getting ready forschool to start

• helping withchores around thehouse

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ROME

BAY OF NAPLESPompeii

Mt. Vesuvius

MisenumHerculaneum

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An eyewitness accountAcross the Bay of Naples from

Pompeii, a young man and his unclelived in a city called Misenum (my-SEEN-um). The uncle, Pliny (PLIH-nee)the Elder, was a scholar of all thesciences, including weather, astronomyand geology.

When Mount Vesuvius exploded, alarge, dark cloud rose up from it. Plinythe Elder saw the cloud and wanted toget a closer look. He ordered hisservants to prepare a boat and begansailing across the bay.

Pliny theYounger stayedbehind to finishhis homework. Hisgood study habitsprobably saved hislife! His uncle diedfrom breathing thepoisonous vapors,or odors, that thevolcano released.Pliny the Youngerwrote letters to Tacitus (TAS-ih-tus), ahistorian, about what he saw so that hisuncle would never be forgotten.

The VolcanoPliny the Younger’s words to Tacitus

Here are some of Pliny the Younger’sobservations, or comments, about theeruption of Mount Vesuvius:

“The cloud was rising from a mountain —at such a distance we couldn’t tell which, butafterwards learned that it was Vesuvius. I canbest describe its shape by likening it to a pinetree. It rose into the sky on a very long ‘trunk’from which spread some ‘branches.’

“Ash was falling onto the ships now, darkerand denser the closer they went. Now it wasbits of pumice, and rocks that were blackenedand burned and shattered by the fire. …(B)road sheets of flame were lighting up manyparts of Vesuvius. … (T)here was danger fromthe rocks that were coming down, light andfire-consumed as these bits of pumice were.

(People) tied pillows ontop of their heads asprotection against the shower of rock. It was daylight nowelsewhere in the world, but there the darkness was darkerand thicker than any night.

“Then came a smell of sulfur, announcing the flames, andthe flames themselves. … Supported by two small slaves he(Pliny the Elder) stood up, and immediately collapsed. As Iunderstand it, his breathing was obstructed by the dust-laden air, and his innards … simply shut down. (H)is bodywas found untouched, unharmed, in the clothing that he hadhad on.”

Words that remind us of Pompeii are hidden in the block below. Somewords are hidden backward, and some letters are used twice. See if youcan find: ITALY, AUGUST, VESUVIUS, POMPEII, PERISTYLE, CAST,EARTHQUAKE, AQUEDUCT, VOLCANO, MISENUM, PLINY, VAPOR,TACITUS, BEACH, EXCAVATE, POISONOUS, ARCHAEOLOGIST,FIORELLI, ASH.

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Forgotten citiesIn Pompeii and nearby cities, ash and

rocks rained down from MountVesuvius. Pompeii was buried in about20 feet of the debris, or rubble. The cityof Herculaneum, between Pompeii andNaples, was completely buried. In fact,years later people had forgotten thatHerculaneum had ever existed.A bigger beach

Some homes in A.D. 79 were builtright on the beach. The soil and ashfrom Vesuvius pushed the coastline outby many feet.

Buried treasureMuch later, during the 1600s and

1700s, people digging wells for water inthe area discovered parts of sculptures,slabs of marble and other items buriedin the soil. When others found out aboutthe buried treasures, they begandigging and taking whatever they couldfind. But no one kept records of whatwas found or where the ruins were.A scientist steps in

In 1860, the king of Italy turned overthe excavation of Pompeii to anarchaeologist named GiuseppeFiorelli. (Archaeologists study thehabits and ways of ancient peoplethrough the things they leave behind.)

Fiorelli insisted on carefully removingitems and cataloging, or listing, eachone and where it was found.

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A city preservedThe ash that fell from Mount

Vesuvius hardened, something likecement, after many years. As the bodiesof people and animals decayed, thehardened ash around them kept itsshape. It was lightweight enough that itdidn’t crush the remains.

Fiorelli discovered he could pourplaster into the cavity, or opening,where the person’s skin and clothingused to be. This way he could create adetailed model of how the person lookedwhen he or she died.Pompeii today

Excavations of Pompeii continuetoday. Scientists are trying to find outabout life in Pompeii even before thefamous eruption of A.D. 79. They canlearn a lot about how cities grow bycontinuing this work.

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The Mini Page thanks Carol Mattusch, guestcurator of the exhibition “Pompeii and theRoman Villa: Art and Culture Around the Bay ofNaples” (at the Los Angeles County Museum ofArt through Oct. 4) and professor of art historyat George Mason University, for help withthis issue.

Next week, The Mini Page is about famousfathers.

At the library:• “Vacation Under the Volcano,” a Magic

Treehouse book, by Mary Pope Osborne, and“Ancient Rome and Pompeii,” a nonfictioncompanion book to “Vacation Under theVolcano”

• “Pompeii: The Day a City Was Buried” byMelanie and Christopher Rice

• “Pompeii” by Richard Platt

This plaster cast of aman and a vase hewas probablycarrying was madein the 1800s. Thecasts were detailedenough to showfacial expressionsand clothing details.

photo courtesy Department of ImageCollections, National Gallery of ArtLibrary, Washington, D.C.

Digging for valuablesExperts think about 20,000 people

lived in Pompeii at the time of theeruption of Mount Vesuvius. Only about2,000 bodies were found when scientistsbegan excavating (EX-ca-vay-ting), ordigging, in the area.

Survivors of the volcano probablyreturned fairly soon to Pompeii. Upperstories of buildings could be seen abovethe ash.

People tried to dig for valuablesburied in their homes or businesses.When they dug deep, they may havereleased poisonous odors like thosethat killed Pliny the Elder. Thesevapors probably killed some of thesurvivors.