The Last Day of Pompeii

In the year 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the Roman city of Pompeii. This is the story of its final hours, told through the eyewitness letters of Pliny the Younger and the discoveries archaeologists are still making today. Chapters: 0:00 A City in the Sun 0:49 The Umbrella Pine 1:39 A Rain of Stone 2:28 The Surge 2:53 Rediscovery