Bodies from the Ash

What vocabulary word means extreme suffering?

• excavator

• agony

• imprints

• considerable

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

What vocabulary word means something that comes from a volcano?

• volcanic

• dramatic

• imprint

• reproduced

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4B

What vocabulary word means attracts a lot of attention?

• excavator

• agony

• considerable

• dramatic

What vocabulary word means copied?

• considerable

• imprints

• reproduced

• volcanic

What vocabulary word means a person who carefully digs to uncover what is buried underground?

• imprints

• considerable

• excavator

• dramatic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4B

What vocabulary word means outlines left by something that has been pressed into softer material?

• excavator

• imprints

• reproduced

• volcanic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

What vocabulary word means very large in size or amount?

• dramatic

• excavator

• considerable

• dramatic

What happened on August 29, AD 79?

• Villa of Diomedes became a major tourist attraction.

• Workers found buried treasure.

• Mount Vesuvius erupted.

• Pompeii was founded.

In 1771, excavators found a large home and two skeletons followed by twenty more skeletons.  What treasure was found among these skeletons?

• Gold rings

• Beautiful clothing and jewelry

• Embellished flower vases

• Gold, silver, and bronze coins

Appointed in 1860, what excavator made many significant changes that helped to preserve the city of Pompeii?

• Giuseppe Fiorelli

• Diomedes Villas

• Pompeii Vesuvius

• Paul Wilkinson