About 2,000 people are thought to have died in the 79 A.D. eruption from ash flows and falls. Recently, Archaeologists found the preserves of the bodies that were killed due to the eruption. They began placing moldings in the shells of the bodies and waited for them to harden. After the moldings hardened, the full forms of the bodies appeared, even the expressions that the people had on their faces before they died had appeared.

The Roman writer Pliny the Younger, witnessed the eruption, and wrote in a letter how he led his mother to safety through the fumes and falling stones. He described the death of his uncle, the writer Pliny the Elder, who commanded a fleet that rescued many of the people. The "Plinian" which takes its term today, has been translated many times and has been updated. Because of Pliny the Younger's letter, it is the only link to finding out some of the exact information of what actually happened the day the Mt. Vesuvius erupted. The 79 A.D. eruption of Mt. Vesuvius was the first volcanic eruption ever to be described in full detail, thanks to Pliny t

Some common words found in the essay are:
Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii Pompeii, Recently Archaeologists, Pliny Elder, Pliny Younger's, city pompeii, mt vesuvius, people died, 79 ad, 79 ad eruption, people pompeii, writer pliny, people stayed, ad eruption, pompeii townspeople,
Approximate Word count = 733
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)