The thing that breaks my heart about Pompeii and Herculaneum is that they didn't know Vesuvius was a volcano. Imagine living next to a beautiful mountain, hiking it or near it, admiring it and then BOOM. The fright, the horror. It really breaks my heart. My great grandmother lived on a village next to Vesuvius before coming to Brazil and she used to say that knowing the mountain could erupt was a constant reminder for them.
Especially because it probably wasn’t even an “oh shit that’s a volcano” moment, but an “the earth is on fire and will swallow us whole” moment. Imagine the terror of a mountain exploding and spewing literal molten fire and having no way to rationalise it. And then the implication that if you fucked up so hard in this life that the gods exploded a mountain and eradicated your city, how fucked are you in the afterlife?
This is not true. And you can reference the sources. Pliny the Younger, a very prominent and important Roman historian of the time stated that they knew the mountain “beared fire and smoke” but were complacent due to it being centuries since its last eruption. Another important fact, not only did they know it was a volcano, but many village elders pleaded with as many as possible to leave as there had been multiple earthquakes before the main eruption and smells coming from the mountain that they knew were not right.
If you go to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum you must go and visit the museum in Naples as it houses all the portable treasures from Pompeii- you could spend days just looking at all the beautiful things
I made a special trip to that museum, mainly to see the Alexander Mosaic - only to find it was being cleaned, and nearly every notable object was on loan to Japan!
Couldn't agree more. A wonderful voice. She could read the list of ingredients on the label of a can of soup out loud and it would be interesting and inviting.
I had the privilege of visiting Pompeii a few years ago and I was shocked how big it was! My friends and I spent almost an entire afternoon walking around and didn’t even see all of it.
On the question of evacuation - even with advanced warning systems for disasters today there are still people who chose to stay. Either they don’t trust what they see/hear, don’t believe it will be as bad as anticipated and do not want to risk abandoning their property to looters. Or they have no way of evacuating or no where to go even if they leave. People who have lived in a place their whole lives are not prone to pick up stakes and leave without the right provocation.
I actually talked about that in a Pompeii video I made. th-cam.com/video/sG3LRBSxrdw/w-d-xo.html It made me think of people who ignore wildfire warnings and end up having to be rescued.
Many people were not even free to escape. Poor or common people had no place to go, so leaving their homes and everything behind in a society that had no established help programs for those that had lost their dwellings and means of living was quite a hard decision that was surely delayed until the very last moment, surely too late in many cases. And then there's the slaves: they were just not free to go or flee without being pursued, captured and punished, so up until the very last minute they had to be and remain where their masters were. If their masters were not escaping, they had to stay with them and share their fate in most cases, another unfortunate consequence of not being a free citizen.
I remember when I was 5 years old, in 1987, I watched the National Geographic documentary on Pompeii which featured for the first time the incredibly detailed plaster casts of the victims...it simultaneously terrified and fascinated me and it made a tremendous impression on me for years afterwards.
I can’t imagine the fear that mother felt. I have a toddler and newborn and I’d feel so scared and helpless to do something for my babies. Heartbreaking!
My Latin class read Pliny the Younger's account. He talked about his uncle, Pliny the Elder, going to rescue people. However, when the guy got to a friend's house (he couldn't make it all the way due to, you know, the erupting volcano), he decided that he wanted to eat and take a nap before evacuating. They then tried to get out, which is where he died.
I'm going to agree with so many previous comments. The presenter has a contagious attitude towardsPompeii, and I found myself feeling so much more connected to Pompeii than ever before
24:33 It's a small point but seeing Ms. Dunn politely and gently correct the grammar error in the question, "Why is Pompeii excavations important?" implies that the questions are indeed genuine and that she has the skill and demeanor to correct the air without ado. I believe I can speak for many other viewers in saying we will look forward to more of her work.
Thank you for this! My family is/was from outside of Sorrento, and Vesuvius is ever present. Do the hike to the crater if you can, it's not terribly strenuous. My mother is a survivor of the 1944 eruption, they were suffering so much from the war and the ash destroyed their vegetable gardens.
My mom and I visited Pompeii in the summer of 2023. We learned SO MUCH from our tour guide. I wish I could remember his name. I am glad we joined a tour, because he really helped to remind us that we were walking through a real city where real people lived. He pointed out so many small details that really showed the proof of how many people called Pompeii home so long ago, and how tragic the eruption was for those people. My only disappointment is that the tour didn't give us nearly as much time in the city as I would have liked. It's huge! I could have spent all day there, exploring and looking at things. I'd love to go back on my own someday, and spend as much time there as I want.
Daisy Dunn has now joined my list of amazing British female historians, including Lucy Worsley, Alice Roberts, Bettany Hughes, Suzannah Lipscomb, Kate Williams, Mary Beard and Ruth Goodman.
So heartbreaking to think what the people who tried to shelter in place went through. Such a tough decision to make especially with children to think of.
In the House of the Centenary they found a mural depicting Vesuvius. The volcano is green and lined with plants and trees showing a different shape from what we know today. They probably didn't know it was a volcano. It must have been a shock when the mountain erupted. I imagine people probably thought it was the end of the world.
@@BaffledTimeTravel i rewinded it, you are right. They show it for 1 second and then cover it with writing, then again for 1. I missed that totally because it was so short. Strange that they didn't show it longer or explain, it because it answers that question.
The remains of those people cowering and trying to hunker down are truly heart-breaking. Their final moments in such absolute terror. Now there are casts of their final moments in glass cabinets being looked at by sweaty queues of tourists.
I strongly recommend visiting pompeii if you ever get the chance. It's incredibly eerie how the city is so lifelike and yet so still, with Vesuvius looming above you at all times. Also, if you're in Rome and don't feel like going all the way to Pompeii, take a day trip to Ostia. It's a much less known but similarly beautiful excavates city.
As for the date: not only we have Autumn season fruit and vegetables, there's the citizens themselves: those that have been preserved in castings seem to wear full wool clothings and many seemingly have their legs wrapped. Summers are hot in the Mediterranean shores, but the victims are dressed like weather was somewhat cooler, so that also points to a mid-late Autumn date.
@@danielkarmy4893 My dim & distant memory of translating Pliny Junior's account (High-School latin, back in the '60s) Is that his uncle collapsed when the wind changed, suggesting that he inhaled something - maybe SO2. It's a long time ago, & I may not be recalling with accuracy.
I wish we could somehow ask the dead what it was like when stuff happens to them. Like what happened in Pompeii. Like obviously it wouldn't be pleasant to hear but it would be interesting to know what they'd think about being remembered for the disaster. I can't imagine being in that situation
The explosion itself was described by Pliny the younger, and so, that type of eruption is called a Plinian eruption. ie a rising eruption column that collapses and produces pyroclastic flows down the sides of the mountain.
The casts of victims are one of the most amazing archaeological curiosities we have. The idea to pour plaster into the cavities was brilliant, and the result is both morbid and touching. I don't think this would happen today, not because of lack of imagination, but because it goes agains archaeological practice to do this kind of destructive modification to remains or artifacts. Today we would probably insert some probe and 3D-scan the cavity and create a VR model of the victim. It's not intrusive. The physical remains would remain untouched and can be studied. But no digial rendering will have the same impact as the real thing. It is a statue, but containing the bones of the deceased within. There is just nothing like it.
I did the the same course in the early 70s, and eventually visited Pompei a year or two before Covid. I went into one of the houses and I felt as though I knew it. It only dawned on me later that they probably used that particular house as the model for 'domus Caecilio' - apologies if my Latin grammar is bit rusty, it is L years ago now ;-).
There is a direct bus service from Rome Tiburtina Bus station to Pompeii operated by Flix Bus. Takes little over 3 hours. My mother and I really wanted to visit Pompeii when we were in Rome, but we didn't want to be stuck with a tour guide. This was the perfect solution for us. It allowed us to explore Pompeii at our own pace.
Its an horrific incident but those casts are some of the best looks at Roman people we've ever had. Its like a snapshot frozen in time. I remember learning about it in class in the 90's and being fascinated by it.
I've been to Italy, been to the great sites of Rome but Pompeii and Herculaneum are absolutely unforgettable and is my favourite destination seeing the preserved and reconstruction of these ancient towns
You should have Jo Berry on - she literally wrote the book on Pompeii and dispels many common myths about it. I had her for a professor 10 years ago - awesome lady!
House of the Vettii is BEAUTIFUL! (I love that free'd slaves had such a lovely courtyard!) Hey- History Hit channel, thank you SO MUCH for not putting stupid background music over her voice. That's what my aspie arse NEEDs to listen/sort out words to understand. There was no tin-penny whistle booping in background, so I didn't have to run-away this time. Thank you.
Given that this was just roughly 30 years after Caesar introduced the new calendar. Isn't it possible that August and October both refers to the 8.th month of the year? The wealthy man writing a letter using the new calendar while the charcoal scribble uses the old calendar?
I'm curious what we know about the reaction of the empire as a whole?What do we know of the religious implications? I would assume they would interpret Pompeii as wraith of the Gods.
At the risk of being a shameless self-promoter, I made a video about Pliny the Younger’s letters and got into the differences between Pompeii and Herculaneum. th-cam.com/video/sG3LRBSxrdw/w-d-xo.html What bugs me the most is how much of Herculaneum is still buried, and hasn’t even been touched!
Small inaccuracy at 14:45. They would not have "vaporized." For the human body to Vaporize the temperature would need to be 3600 C or higher. They would disintegrate, but not vaporize. Disintegrate is also called total body dismemberment / disruption. It is not the same as "vaporization," which is an atomization of the human body. I know this because of a myth that still persists about the atomic bombings in Japan. No one was "vaporized" in Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to the bombs. Though it gets over 3000 - 5000 degrees at ground zero, one has to remember ground zero was several hundred feet in the air. The temperature at ground level would have been 3000 C, extremely high but not high enough to vaporize a body. So a volcano definitely would not have been able to.
Aren't the pictures being shown considered art? Why are we blurring it? Did we return to the era of adding fig leafs to statues? Censoring on YT is ridiculous.
If you don’t self-censor, the TH-cam algorithm will demonetize you or just show you to fewer people. TH-cam’s algorithm doesn’t know the difference between ancient art and soft-core porn.
These videos are very popular with homeschoolers, whose parents tend to be fundamentalist religious believers who enjoy making a lot of complaints. TH-cam doesn't like to deal with those complaints, so channels self-censor to avoid drawing attention from TH-cam (videos being deleted or demonetized)
It’s the geologist who can tell about the eruption sequence by studying the deposits produced during the eruption which help corroborate plinys account and studying other eruptions
When you mentioned "no lava" in the Vesuvius Pompeii eruption, it reminded me of Mount St. Helens here in the United States. Were the two eruptions similar in that no liquid lava/magma ran down the mountainside. Of course, Vesuvius did NOT have its side collapse upon eruption. Anyway, just curious. This was a great and informative video. Thanks.
These history hits are great, especially when the presenters enthusiasm is so obvious, add to that the presenter being easy on the eye and it’s a winner 🙂👍
This Woman, who we all agree is Nicole Kidman, would absolutely own Roman TH-cam. She’s got her marketing mixed up. She should’ve sold the book after she took TH-cam by storm.
It is always fascinating that things or places that have been lost or destroyed are now the best windows into our past.If Pompeii wasnt destroyed we would not probably have such a good example of a Roman city. Same goes for Titanic, for example. The only large ocean liner of the beginning of last century that is still "there"
Very informative. Well presented. And yes, she is beautiful and I too saw the thumbnail and thought why is Nicole Kidman answering questions about Pompeii.
Fascinating, ty. I remember all the graffiti more than anything else when I visited. I wish I had kept a journal of my trip. U forget so much over time. My Latin then wasn’t as good as it is now but some funny stuff dotted around there. I can’t say on YT but there were certain sketches of a certain body part on the pathways leading to certain establishments. Places where people could stop and grab lunch. Etc. Fascinating place.
TH-cam will take it down if it's not censored. Let them make their money, is your life made lesser by not being able to see ancient depictions of people's junk? Just Google it if it means that much to you
@@ISawABearI'm not interested in their monetization, fuck censorship. Slippery slope.....I'd rather the content not exist at all if this is the answer.
I clicked this and I immediately called my wife who was in the kitchen to ask "am I crazy or does this lady look exactly like Nicole Kidman?". By the comments it's clear I'm not the only one to have thought that.
Been to Pompeii and Heraculem and stupidly walked up to the summit with some mates. Then - due to stupity and far too much red wine walked/climbed into the crater to get some rocks. Got a right telling of by the warden. We didn't understand a word he said but definitely got the idea he was absolutely not happy with us and that we were stupid. The warden was totally correct
Next question: Have you ever tried Pliny The Younger triple IPA? Brewed by Russian River Brewing Co., here in Nor Cal. Possibly the most sought after beer in the U.S. There's also Pliny the Elder.
Reference the description of the cloud looking like a Pine Tree. Where I live in the US Pine trees look like the standard Christmas tree. It wasn’t until some like Ms. Dunn showed an Italian Pine with its bulbous top.
Hello, Amazing Video ! Thank you so much Mme Daisy Dunn ! I would also like to suggest another video about a city Frozen in time due to the events that happened in less than 24 h : Oradour-sur-Glane. I don't know if it's well known for the people who aren't french but I think everyone around me know about this story. Introduction to the event : On 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 643 civilians, including non-combatant men, women, and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company as collective punishment for Resistance activity in the area. After the war, General Charles de Gaulle decided the village should never be rebuilt, but would remain a memorial to the cruelty of the Nazi occupation. The new village of Oradour-sur-Glane, northwest of the site of the massacre, was built after the war. The ruins of the original village remain as a memorial to the dead and to represent similar sites and events. so nowadays you can litterally walk in the streets of the old Oradour-sur-Glane, like you would for Pompeii and it's a place that very often when you're in school you go to if you are in the area when you learn about world war II
y'all need a cold shower in the comment section jfc. this is a video about real human beings suffering a horrific death. babies, mothers, grandparents, sisters, the unborn, fathers, entire generations of families. I realize its been a long long time (to say the least) but please try to pay attention to the victims.
Thank you for this history. I do have an ignorant question, please forgive me. You speak of Pliny the younger and his account. But did any of the regular people that made it out not write about it? Or give oral accounts that got handed down through the generations?
I’m no expert, but from what I know about archaeology, they usually leave sections still buried on purpose - once you uncover things from their protective layer of soil (and ash, in this case) you run the risk of them getting damaged and worn much more easily. By leaving things un-excavated for now, when we develop better technology and methods for archaeology in the future, there’s still undisturbed stuff to look at and learn more from!
Her voice is so calm! A complete contrast to the topic
Indeed. She has a voice that would do well with audio books.
...and she's pretty.
Love this expert, she’s so well-spoken and has THE most beautiful voice/demeanor. I could listen to her talk forever!!
You see in her eyes, when something is really important to her. They begin to spark with joy. I love it.
The thing that breaks my heart about Pompeii and Herculaneum is that they didn't know Vesuvius was a volcano. Imagine living next to a beautiful mountain, hiking it or near it, admiring it and then BOOM. The fright, the horror. It really breaks my heart. My great grandmother lived on a village next to Vesuvius before coming to Brazil and she used to say that knowing the mountain could erupt was a constant reminder for them.
Especially because it probably wasn’t even an “oh shit that’s a volcano” moment, but an “the earth is on fire and will swallow us whole” moment. Imagine the terror of a mountain exploding and spewing literal molten fire and having no way to rationalise it. And then the implication that if you fucked up so hard in this life that the gods exploded a mountain and eradicated your city, how fucked are you in the afterlife?
This is not true. And you can reference the sources. Pliny the Younger, a very prominent and important Roman historian of the time stated that they knew the mountain “beared fire and smoke” but were complacent due to it being centuries since its last eruption. Another important fact, not only did they know it was a volcano, but many village elders pleaded with as many as possible to leave as there had been multiple earthquakes before the main eruption and smells coming from the mountain that they knew were not right.
They totally knew it was a volcano. It was the home of the god of volcanoes. Of course they knew it was a volcano
@@UpTheChels10 wasnt the mountain full of greenery and didnt erupt in living memory?
@@UpTheChels10😂this historian LITERALLY says that the residents most likely had no idea it was a volcano or a threat. Maybe watch the video ?
If you go to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum you must go and visit the museum in Naples as it houses all the portable treasures from Pompeii- you could spend days just looking at all the beautiful things
I made a special trip to that museum, mainly to see the Alexander Mosaic - only to find it was being cleaned, and nearly every notable object was on loan to Japan!
@@BaffledTimeTravelOof. That's rough, buddy.
I'll never go until they can promise all the naughty bits are blurred like they are in the video
I could listen to this woman talk forever. I absolutely love her voice and demeanor!
Couldn't agree more. A wonderful voice. She could read the list of ingredients on the label of a can of soup out loud and it would be interesting and inviting.
I had the privilege of visiting Pompeii a few years ago and I was shocked how big it was! My friends and I spent almost an entire afternoon walking around and didn’t even see all of it.
On the question of evacuation - even with advanced warning systems for disasters today there are still people who chose to stay. Either they don’t trust what they see/hear, don’t believe it will be as bad as anticipated and do not want to risk abandoning their property to looters. Or they have no way of evacuating or no where to go even if they leave. People who have lived in a place their whole lives are not prone to pick up stakes and leave without the right provocation.
I actually talked about that in a Pompeii video I made. th-cam.com/video/sG3LRBSxrdw/w-d-xo.html
It made me think of people who ignore wildfire warnings and end up having to be rescued.
Many people were not even free to escape. Poor or common people had no place to go, so leaving their homes and everything behind in a society that had no established help programs for those that had lost their dwellings and means of living was quite a hard decision that was surely delayed until the very last moment, surely too late in many cases. And then there's the slaves: they were just not free to go or flee without being pursued, captured and punished, so up until the very last minute they had to be and remain where their masters were. If their masters were not escaping, they had to stay with them and share their fate in most cases, another unfortunate consequence of not being a free citizen.
There were also hot rocks being thrown around by the volcano, go outside and get hit by a flying boiling rock, or stay inside where its 'safe'
At least they didn't have wanna be leaders telling them not to trust the experts.
I remember when I was 5 years old, in 1987, I watched the National Geographic documentary on Pompeii which featured for the first time the incredibly detailed plaster casts of the victims...it simultaneously terrified and fascinated me and it made a tremendous impression on me for years afterwards.
I think the Pompeiian picture I saw of the impression in ash of a mother holding her baby will be stuck in my mind forever.
Further testing has shown it was a male holding a child...and they weren't related.
I can’t imagine the fear that mother felt. I have a toddler and newborn and I’d feel so scared and helpless to do something for my babies. Heartbreaking!
My Latin class read Pliny the Younger's account. He talked about his uncle, Pliny the Elder, going to rescue people. However, when the guy got to a friend's house (he couldn't make it all the way due to, you know, the erupting volcano), he decided that he wanted to eat and take a nap before evacuating. They then tried to get out, which is where he died.
Even the smartest are prone to wrong judgments.
Went to Pompeii 2 weeks ago and my god! The amount of times I stopped and just stood there and processed what happened
I'm going to agree with so many previous comments. The presenter has a contagious attitude towardsPompeii, and I found myself feeling so much more connected to Pompeii than ever before
24:33 It's a small point but seeing Ms. Dunn politely and gently correct the grammar error in the question, "Why is Pompeii excavations important?" implies that the questions are indeed genuine and that she has the skill and demeanor to correct the air without ado. I believe I can speak for many other viewers in saying we will look forward to more of her work.
Such a classy correction
but she calls General Pompeius - "pompey"....
Thank you for this! My family is/was from outside of Sorrento, and Vesuvius is ever present. Do the hike to the crater if you can, it's not terribly strenuous. My mother is a survivor of the 1944 eruption, they were suffering so much from the war and the ash destroyed their vegetable gardens.
My mom and I visited Pompeii in the summer of 2023. We learned SO MUCH from our tour guide. I wish I could remember his name. I am glad we joined a tour, because he really helped to remind us that we were walking through a real city where real people lived. He pointed out so many small details that really showed the proof of how many people called Pompeii home so long ago, and how tragic the eruption was for those people. My only disappointment is that the tour didn't give us nearly as much time in the city as I would have liked. It's huge! I could have spent all day there, exploring and looking at things. I'd love to go back on my own someday, and spend as much time there as I want.
Daisy Dunn has now joined my list of amazing British female historians, including Lucy Worsley, Alice Roberts, Bettany Hughes, Suzannah Lipscomb, Kate Williams, Mary Beard and Ruth Goodman.
And Philomena Cunk.
" list of amazing British female historians"
sure buddy
@@burnpittsburgh7036 Mary Beard is very good, I read a few books from her about ancient Rome that I enjoyed a lot.
Is that a list of female historians you wanna bang bro? Haha!
I love Lucy Worsley and Ruth Goodman
Having been to Pompeii I can tell you right now that its beauty doesn't come close to this gorgeous historian lady. Whew.
So heartbreaking to think what the people who tried to shelter in place went through. Such a tough decision to make especially with children to think of.
in herculaneum (in a cave by the beach) they found the bones of a heavily pregnant woman, her fetus, and an older child along with many other people 💔
@@kafkaseyebrows I heard of that! that’s absolutely horrible
In the House of the Centenary they found a mural depicting Vesuvius. The volcano is green and lined with plants and trees showing a different shape from what we know today. They probably didn't know it was a volcano. It must have been a shock when the mountain erupted. I imagine people probably thought it was the end of the world.
Yep, they show that image and discuss the topic in this video.
@@BaffledTimeTravel i rewinded it, you are right. They show it for 1 second and then cover it with writing, then again for 1. I missed that totally because it was so short.
Strange that they didn't show it longer or explain, it because it answers that question.
@@natalieeis9284 thank you for mentioning it, I missed it in the video as well
It was the end for them.
The remains of those people cowering and trying to hunker down are truly heart-breaking. Their final moments in such absolute terror. Now there are casts of their final moments in glass cabinets being looked at by sweaty queues of tourists.
I sure hope the tourists aren't "hot and bothered" by the casts 😦
Fascinating, so passionately delivered - thank you.
Excellent timing - I'm going there tomorrow!
have a good time i was there a few years ago. take your time and take it all in :-)
Bon Voyage!
Hope it's part of a guided tour. There is so much to see. We got to it at noon and missed a lot.
Very jealous! Enjoy!
Because they have the same accent?
Nicole Kidman could play her in the biopic.
Not anymore
It's the other way around, she could take acting lessons and play Nicole in her biopic
I was thinking Rosamund Pike, but Nicole too.
I would cast Carey Mulligan.
Nicole Kidman from about 2000 and earlier.
I strongly recommend visiting pompeii if you ever get the chance. It's incredibly eerie how the city is so lifelike and yet so still, with Vesuvius looming above you at all times. Also, if you're in Rome and don't feel like going all the way to Pompeii, take a day trip to Ostia. It's a much less known but similarly beautiful excavates city.
As for the date: not only we have Autumn season fruit and vegetables, there's the citizens themselves: those that have been preserved in castings seem to wear full wool clothings and many seemingly have their legs wrapped. Summers are hot in the Mediterranean shores, but the victims are dressed like weather was somewhat cooler, so that also points to a mid-late Autumn date.
I love how compassionate she is ❤
I imagine several victims - including Pliny senior, would have died from inhaling sulphur dioxide. Not kind to the lungs.
Yeah we have about as close of an eyewitness account as possible, saying that’s exactly what happened.
Didn't he just collapse?
@@danielkarmy4893 My dim & distant memory of translating Pliny Junior's account (High-School latin, back in the '60s) Is that his uncle collapsed when the wind changed, suggesting that he inhaled something - maybe SO2. It's a long time ago, & I may not be recalling with accuracy.
This was amazing & extremely interesting thank you
I love how much passion you show in your answers!
I wish we could somehow ask the dead what it was like when stuff happens to them. Like what happened in Pompeii. Like obviously it wouldn't be pleasant to hear but it would be interesting to know what they'd think about being remembered for the disaster. I can't imagine being in that situation
they're also remembered for their art and their penchant for phallic everything. also ancient graffiti.
Learned a lot. Thank you.
The explosion itself was described by Pliny the younger, and so, that type of eruption is called a Plinian eruption. ie a rising eruption column that collapses and produces pyroclastic flows down the sides of the mountain.
That’s a really cool fact, had no idea 😮
I really enjoyed this, it explained a whole lot and fill in many blanks… oh and I just ordered your book too! Keep up the great work.
Very interesting, Pompeii has always fascinated me. Daisy is great at presenting her subject.
The casts of victims are one of the most amazing archaeological curiosities we have.
The idea to pour plaster into the cavities was brilliant, and the result is both morbid and touching.
I don't think this would happen today, not because of lack of imagination, but because it goes agains archaeological practice to do this kind of destructive modification to remains or artifacts.
Today we would probably insert some probe and 3D-scan the cavity and create a VR model of the victim.
It's not intrusive. The physical remains would remain untouched and can be studied.
But no digial rendering will have the same impact as the real thing. It is a statue, but containing the bones of the deceased within. There is just nothing like it.
there's no bones in the casts. they were made from imprints left behind.
Daisy Dunn an amazing job here
I am hoping to visit Pompeii in 2026, been a bucket list item. I did the Cambridge latin books at school and the 1st books are based in Pompeii.
I did the the same course in the early 70s, and eventually visited Pompei a year or two before Covid. I went into one of the houses and I felt as though I knew it. It only dawned on me later that they probably used that particular house as the model for 'domus Caecilio' - apologies if my Latin grammar is bit rusty, it is L years ago now ;-).
There is a direct bus service from Rome Tiburtina Bus station to Pompeii operated by Flix Bus. Takes little over 3 hours.
My mother and I really wanted to visit Pompeii when we were in Rome, but we didn't want to be stuck with a tour guide. This was the perfect solution for us. It allowed us to explore Pompeii at our own pace.
Thanks. Excellent presentation.
Its an horrific incident but those casts are some of the best looks at Roman people we've ever had. Its like a snapshot frozen in time. I remember learning about it in class in the 90's and being fascinated by it.
Good this. The q&i format works well!
Thanks Daisy and team. 🌟👍
I cant get over the fact we have a historian who mentions ancient historians. So much time has passed and we're really still the same.
I can't help but wonder why I keep thinking about Nicole Kidman while watching this video. Perhaps it's the accent.
You mean Daisy's English accent and Nicole Kidman's Australian accent?
it's the nose/ mouth + hairstyle. Her face is very similar proportionally
@@stevenmac993 You mean Daisy is English? And there was me thinking she's a Sheila.
@@nathanirby4273 The eyes mostly for me, the occasional facial expression too.
@@stevenmac993 The mention of the accent was my unforgivably feeble attempt at a joke. I mean, of course, that they look alike.
I've been to Italy, been to the great sites of Rome but Pompeii and Herculaneum are absolutely unforgettable and is my favourite destination seeing the preserved and reconstruction of these ancient towns
Holy cow! If she were my teacher I would have had a doctorate now.
Doctorates are not taught, they are researched....
You should have Jo Berry on - she literally wrote the book on Pompeii and dispels many common myths about it. I had her for a professor 10 years ago - awesome lady!
I’m enamored with her presentation skills.
I could listen to her read absolutely ANYTHING 😍📚🎶
House of the Vettii is BEAUTIFUL! (I love that free'd slaves had such a lovely courtyard!)
Hey- History Hit channel, thank you SO MUCH for not putting stupid background music over her voice. That's what my aspie arse NEEDs to listen/sort out words to understand. There was no tin-penny whistle booping in background, so I didn't have to run-away this time. Thank you.
Given that this was just roughly 30 years after Caesar introduced the new calendar. Isn't it possible that August and October both refers to the 8.th month of the year? The wealthy man writing a letter using the new calendar while the charcoal scribble uses the old calendar?
The Julian calendar was introduced in 45 B.C. The eruption of Pompei was in A.D. 79. That's 124 years later, not 30.
@@scottvanderbilt1279 still would imply that the wealthy man would be more accurate in his dating due to better education
What an informative video. Thank you so much for making it and answering in such detail!
This might be the best presenter you guys have had on this channel.
I'm really glad that this poppedup on my feed.
That was a lot of fun and very educational. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and time!
I'm curious what we know about the reaction of the empire as a whole?What do we know of the religious implications? I would assume they would interpret Pompeii as wraith of the Gods.
One of History Hits best videos....
Finally one on Pompeii
I was waiting for this for a long time
Can you guys do one about Herculaneum next please
At the risk of being a shameless self-promoter, I made a video about Pliny the Younger’s letters and got into the differences between Pompeii and Herculaneum. th-cam.com/video/sG3LRBSxrdw/w-d-xo.html
What bugs me the most is how much of Herculaneum is still buried, and hasn’t even been touched!
@@BaffledTimeTravel Pompeii is easier name to sell and remember, that's why it's clearly more famous of the two
excellent video! so informative and interesting, thankyou!
Small inaccuracy at 14:45. They would not have "vaporized." For the human body to Vaporize the temperature would need to be 3600 C or higher. They would disintegrate, but not vaporize. Disintegrate is also called total body dismemberment / disruption. It is not the same as "vaporization," which is an atomization of the human body. I know this because of a myth that still persists about the atomic bombings in Japan. No one was "vaporized" in Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to the bombs. Though it gets over 3000 - 5000 degrees at ground zero, one has to remember ground zero was several hundred feet in the air. The temperature at ground level would have been 3000 C, extremely high but not high enough to vaporize a body. So a volcano definitely would not have been able to.
Thanks for sharing, I had no idea. I’ve always thought this due to what was taught in school😮
Daisy had published some Excellent books if anyone isn't aware of her prior to this Content 👍
? Is this English?
Aren't the pictures being shown considered art? Why are we blurring it? Did we return to the era of adding fig leafs to statues? Censoring on YT is ridiculous.
If you don’t self-censor, the TH-cam algorithm will demonetize you or just show you to fewer people. TH-cam’s algorithm doesn’t know the difference between ancient art and soft-core porn.
@@PaulTomblin Sounds like the algorithm needs to be fixed. They won't though because Heaven forbid you offend someone.
These videos are very popular with homeschoolers, whose parents tend to be fundamentalist religious believers who enjoy making a lot of complaints. TH-cam doesn't like to deal with those complaints, so channels self-censor to avoid drawing attention from TH-cam (videos being deleted or demonetized)
Wonderful video. Daisy Dunn is so engaging. Unfortunately, a costly video, since it made me order her book on Pliny and Vesuvius!
It’s the geologist who can tell about the eruption sequence by studying the deposits produced during the eruption which help corroborate plinys account and studying other eruptions
Gratias tibi ago!
Like Brian Cox I could just listen to her talk all day about what she enjoys with such passion
Very interesting. Thanks!
Just saw the small Pompeii exhibit at Graceland a few weeks ago. Was cool to see things in person since I can’t go over seas.
When you mentioned "no lava" in the Vesuvius Pompeii eruption, it reminded me of Mount St. Helens here in the United States. Were the two eruptions similar in that no liquid lava/magma ran down the mountainside. Of course, Vesuvius did NOT have its side collapse upon eruption. Anyway, just curious. This was a great and informative video. Thanks.
These history hits are great, especially when the presenters enthusiasm is so obvious, add to that the presenter being easy on the eye and it’s a winner 🙂👍
This Woman, who we all agree is Nicole Kidman, would absolutely own Roman TH-cam. She’s got her marketing mixed up. She should’ve sold the book after she took TH-cam by storm.
It got so hot so fast that some people's heads exploded.
Really interesting! Thanks!😃
It is always fascinating that things or places that have been lost or destroyed are now the best windows into our past.If Pompeii wasnt destroyed we would not probably have such a good example of a Roman city. Same goes for Titanic, for example. The only large ocean liner of the beginning of last century that is still "there"
Your amazing @historyhits get this lady to do more videos thank you so much for the info skills !!!
wonderful Q & A. :)
I certainly did enjopy this video. I will look for your book as well. Thank you.
Just visited 9 Dec..not crowded❤
Very informative. Well presented. And yes, she is beautiful and I too saw the thumbnail and thought why is Nicole Kidman answering questions about Pompeii.
Fascinating, ty. I remember all the graffiti more than anything else when I visited. I wish I had kept a journal of my trip. U forget so much over time. My Latin then wasn’t as good as it is now but some funny stuff dotted around there. I can’t say on YT but there were certain sketches of a certain body part on the pathways leading to certain establishments. Places where people could stop and grab lunch. Etc. Fascinating place.
What's with the psychedelic flag icon? Fan of mushrooms? 😂
Censoring an ancient fresco is next level insanity
Otherwise TH-cam takes it down.
TH-cam will take it down if it's not censored. Let them make their money, is your life made lesser by not being able to see ancient depictions of people's junk? Just Google it if it means that much to you
How do people not get that generally history channel dont want to do this crap but have to in order to stay monetized?
@@ISawABearI'm not interested in their monetization, fuck censorship. Slippery slope.....I'd rather the content not exist at all if this is the answer.
@@ISawABear Because they like complaining. More so if they can, ironically, blame it on people "being offended".
Thank you for all the amazing information, ma'am. Also, you're the prettiest historian I've ever seen!
I clicked this and I immediately called my wife who was in the kitchen to ask "am I crazy or does this lady look exactly like Nicole Kidman?". By the comments it's clear I'm not the only one to have thought that.
I'm currently wearing a shirt that says "The Floor Is Lava - Everyone, Pompeii, 79AD"
Very good documentary. But why ro blur some of the artwork?
What a brilliant, intelligent and beautiful woman! Thanks for your exposition!
Excellent!
this channel would be great if only all the experts were well prepared like this one.
Been to Pompeii and Heraculem and stupidly walked up to the summit with some mates.
Then - due to stupity and far too much red wine walked/climbed into the crater to get some rocks.
Got a right telling of by the warden.
We didn't understand a word he said but definitely got the idea he was absolutely not happy with us and that we were stupid.
The warden was totally correct
that's how you end up as a cautious tale on the Fascinating Horror or Plainly Difficult channels.
lovely video to watch during dinner! thanks :)
Next question: Have you ever tried Pliny The Younger triple IPA? Brewed by Russian River Brewing Co., here in Nor Cal. Possibly the most sought after beer in the U.S. There's also Pliny the Elder.
Gonna start studying ancient Roman culture because i think i love this woman. What an amazing guest.
Reference the description of the cloud looking like a Pine Tree. Where I live in the US Pine trees look like the standard Christmas tree. It wasn’t until some like Ms. Dunn showed an Italian Pine with its bulbous top.
Was there a pyroclastic flow aand if so, what was the effect on Pompeii?
Hello, Amazing Video ! Thank you so much Mme Daisy Dunn !
I would also like to suggest another video about a city Frozen in time due to the events that happened in less than 24 h : Oradour-sur-Glane.
I don't know if it's well known for the people who aren't french but I think everyone around me know about this story.
Introduction to the event :
On 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 643 civilians, including non-combatant men, women, and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company as collective punishment for Resistance activity in the area.
After the war, General Charles de Gaulle decided the village should never be rebuilt, but would remain a memorial to the cruelty of the Nazi occupation. The new village of Oradour-sur-Glane, northwest of the site of the massacre, was built after the war. The ruins of the original village remain as a memorial to the dead and to represent similar sites and events.
so nowadays you can litterally walk in the streets of the old Oradour-sur-Glane, like you would for Pompeii and it's a place that very often when you're in school you go to if you are in the area when you learn about world war II
Thank you
y'all need a cold shower in the comment section jfc. this is a video about real human beings suffering a horrific death. babies, mothers, grandparents, sisters, the unborn, fathers, entire generations of families. I realize its been a long long time (to say the least) but please try to pay attention to the victims.
Thank you for this history. I do have an ignorant question, please forgive me. You speak of Pliny the younger and his account. But did any of the regular people that made it out not write about it? Or give oral accounts that got handed down through the generations?
they likely did but no one bothered to preserve it
more of Daisy!!!
Thank you !
I'm surprised there are still areas that are yet to be excavated, what's the reason for that?
I’m no expert, but from what I know about archaeology, they usually leave sections still buried on purpose - once you uncover things from their protective layer of soil (and ash, in this case) you run the risk of them getting damaged and worn much more easily. By leaving things un-excavated for now, when we develop better technology and methods for archaeology in the future, there’s still undisturbed stuff to look at and learn more from!