Archaeologys Scientific Exposition of Pompeii
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Historical accounts, fortified by geological data, prove that in, or about, 79 A.... .... Vesuvius erupted, destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii and buried it beneath mounds of volcanic dust, debris and molten lava.... As explicated by the late archeological scholar and researcher, Professor Merrill, upon the eruption of Vesuvius Pompeii was "overwhelmed by a tremendous river of liquid mud, which appears to have penetrated and filled every nook and cranny of the place, and accumulated to a depth of sixty to seventy feet"(304)....