Dr. Jessica Venner
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 26 Apr
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That's the volcanic material.
And that's where the coastline was.
Like that was the beach.
So that's crazy.
And so, yeah, so Herculeanum was completely destroyed quite early on.
About six hours in.
About six hours in, yeah.
And so volcanic eruption, it keeps going.
It keeps going.
It's getting worse.
And the pumice is still falling.
People are getting stuck inside houses now because the pumice has got a couple of metres high.
It's blocking doors in.
This is when we have Pliny the Younger saying they realized his uncle's had a sleep.
He's had a dinner.
They're so casual.
Especially if you were a Roman elite male, you had to look like you were keeping your composure.
That made you a very good, virtuous man.
And so Pliny the Younger is depicting his uncle as that way.
He might not have been doing this.
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