Pompeii: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Pompeii: The Discovery with Dan Snow
The historian investigates how the preserved city was found after it was buried under volcanic ash and pumice after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, revealing how treasure hunters and archaeologists battled for centuries to uncover and sometimes plunder it. He retraces the amazing first finds hidden deep beneath the rock-hard volcanic debris, where miners burrowed 25 metres down to a theatre, and enters the spectacular gladiatorial arena, the discovery of which opened the floodgates to the excavation of Pompeii
Pompeii: The Discovery with Dan Snow airs on 5SELECT at 2:00 PM, Friday 3 January. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Archaeology
History
Stuart Powell
Director
Nick Gillam-Smith
Executive Producer