Pompeii study
Since Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79 — 1,900 years ago — poets, travellers, novelists, treasure-hunters and many others have penned their observations on Pompeii, the most famous of all buried cities; and on Vesuvius, the volcano which gave it immortality. The havoc wreaked by the eruption was widespread and, as Alexander Dumas the younger, com-
mented: “Not bad for a ting out on its career”, ting out its career”. For “Pompeii: City Interred in Time” the Radio NZ producer, Robert Monteith has compiled an anthology of writing on the subject and draws a few conclusions of his own to mark the aniversary of the eruption of Vesuvius on August 24, 79 A.D. The programme will be broadcast tonight on the National programme.
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Press, 21 August 1979, Page 15
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