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Unearthing Ancient Worlds
Pompeii
Describes the evacuation of Pompeii and Herculaneum--destroyed by a volcano in A.D. 79--in the 1700s, and discusses the conflicts among the excavation leaders, the strategies they used in their work on the site, and the discoveries that they made.
- GenresHistory
80 pages, Library Binding
First published December 15, 2007
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January 19, 2018
Sonneborn, Liz Pompeii, 74 p. Twenty-First Century (Lerner), 2008.
Pompeii’s riches were discovered by accident and its depths were plundered for its treasures to enrich the king of Spain. While scholars complain about the chaotic worksite, The actions of three men who alternately in charge of the excavation create a complicated morass of conflicting plans and actions all through the late 1800’s.
Unfortunately, too much of the book is devoted to the complicated interactions of the first chief excavators, turning it into a rather dry text that only spends a small amount of time on the importance of Pompeii itself. While the historical information be interesting to someone studying the details of the Pompeii excavation, it is not high in usefulness for the middle school classroom.
MS – OPTIONAL. Cindy Mitchell – Library-Teacher
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2008...
Pompeii’s riches were discovered by accident and its depths were plundered for its treasures to enrich the king of Spain. While scholars complain about the chaotic worksite, The actions of three men who alternately in charge of the excavation create a complicated morass of conflicting plans and actions all through the late 1800’s.
Unfortunately, too much of the book is devoted to the complicated interactions of the first chief excavators, turning it into a rather dry text that only spends a small amount of time on the importance of Pompeii itself. While the historical information be interesting to someone studying the details of the Pompeii excavation, it is not high in usefulness for the middle school classroom.
MS – OPTIONAL. Cindy Mitchell – Library-Teacher
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2008...
July 30, 2014
The book stops when real archeology starts. But it tells us about the first fase of excavations which are often no more than a footnote in other popular books about Pompeii. Therefore this pleasant book is a great way to learn about Pompeii from the earliest start.
This short -read in an afternoon- book uncovers the personality of the first diggers. It is almost comical to watch their amateurism, jaelousy, and often succesfull attempt to hide incompetence behind grandeur or conservatism.
A soap-opera can be made from this story.
After a while, one digger becomes interested in the everyday lives of Pompeians and presents the first ideas that would give rise to the science of Archeology.
It would not be untill decades later that these ideas would become reality. Because first, the profiteurs of the early hour had to get old and die so their posts became available for sholars motivated by knowledge rather than grandeur or an easy job.
This short -read in an afternoon- book uncovers the personality of the first diggers. It is almost comical to watch their amateurism, jaelousy, and often succesfull attempt to hide incompetence behind grandeur or conservatism.
A soap-opera can be made from this story.
After a while, one digger becomes interested in the everyday lives of Pompeians and presents the first ideas that would give rise to the science of Archeology.
It would not be untill decades later that these ideas would become reality. Because first, the profiteurs of the early hour had to get old and die so their posts became available for sholars motivated by knowledge rather than grandeur or an easy job.
May 5, 2017
About the unearthing of Pompeii
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