The first recorded Pyroclastic current | Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time

Duration: 3'58''

Synopsis

A witness account of the 79AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius reveals that the eruption was the first recorded instance of Pyroclastic currents.

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