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Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives

  • Written by Steven L. Tuck, Professor of Classics, Miami University
Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their livesIn popular culture, the eruption is usually depicted as an apocalyptic event.Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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