Bodies from the ash /

Deem, James M.

Bodies from the ash / James M. Deem. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005. - 50 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48) and index.

August 24 and 25, AD 79 -- Rediscovering Pompeii -- The plaster bodies of Pompeii -- Lives from the ashes -- Herculaneum�s different fate -- A final excavation.

Wilson's Children, October 2006 Wilson's Junior High School, August 2006 School Library Journal starred, December 2005 Horn Book Starred, April 2006 Booklist, November 2005 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2005 Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), January 2007

Describes the archaeological excavations that began on the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum which had been buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79.

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Excavations (Archeology)--Pompeii (Extinct city)


Pompeii (Extinct city)
Vesuvius (Italy)

DG70.P7 / D386 2005

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