Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 183. This time we examine the year 79ad as the city of Pompeii and it’s surrounding area (such as the city of Herculaneum), are covered in ash and debris after the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

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Sources:

https://bomv.commons.gc.cuny.edu/eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-of-79-ad/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vesuvius-erupts

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9389289/Eruption-Mount-Vesuvius-79-AD-suffocated-thousands-Pompeii-just-15-minutes.html

https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-in-79-ad-and-the-destruction-of-pompeii

https://www.volcanocafe.org/the-enigma-of-the-79-ad-eruption-of-vesuvius/

https://legends.fandom.com/wiki/Olmec

https://legends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Shrine_of_the_Silver_Monkey

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Photo: 

By Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas (1791-1833) - Collections du château de Versailles, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64873771