Ancient Mysteries

Pompeii: Buried Alive (3x22)

Uitzenddatum: Feb 02, 1996

Examining the ruins of Pompeii and neighboring Herculaneum, which were destroyed by a volcano in A.D. 79. Included are comments from archaeological superintendent Baldassare Conticello, who explains what the sites reveal about Roman life. Also: the National Archaeological Museum in Naples and the J. Paul Getty Museum in California.