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Start of Excavations at Pompeii

A team of archaeologists, led by Engineer Alcubierre, begins the first systematic excavations at Pompeii, uncovering frescoes and artifacts from the ancient Roman city buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

Year 1748
Date 3/23
Location Pompeii, Campania, Italy
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
tax:volcanic-and-geological

Key Figures

Engineer Alcubierre Foreman Scholar Digger Guard
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 246 linked moments

R
Rediscovery of Pompeii
1748 · same location
E
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
79 · same location
G
Galveston Seawall Groundbreaking
1902 · same figure
R
Reconstruction of the Hagia Sophia Dome
558 · same figure
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
1911 · same figure
R
Rediscovery of Pompeii
1748 · same era
R
Rediscovery of Pompeii
1748 · follows
R
Rediscovery of Pompeii
1748 · same location
E
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
79 · same location
G
Galveston Seawall Groundbreaking
1902 · same figure
R
Reconstruction of the Hagia Sophia Dome
558 · same figure
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
1911 · same figure
E
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (1631)
1631 · thematic
E
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (1944)
1944 · thematic
A
Assassination of Julius Caesar
44 BC · thematic
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
E
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
79 · thematic
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
W
Watts Riots
1965 · thematic
G
Great Fire of Rome
64 · thematic
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
G
Great Fire of London
1666 · thematic
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
D
Death of Pliny the Elder
79 · thematic
G
Great Fire of London
1666 · thematic
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
Apollo 1 Fire
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
G
Great Fire of London
1666 · thematic
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
O
Outbreak of the Justinian Plague
541 · thematic
E
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
79 · thematic
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
E
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
79 · thematic
G
Great Fire of Rome
64 · thematic