How did the people of Pompeii get frozen like that?

[jadillac]

Did the ash just all fall down completely unexpected like rain before they realized how close it was?

They had to hear the explosion or see it coming in the sky, right? Did it happen at night?

How do you get buried alive in a sitting position like that without at least making an attempt to get away or something....anything?

 

[zerozero]

turns out, unlike what hollywood taught us, you can't outrun an explosion

 

[Chris Mauro]

Did the ash just all fall down completely unexpected like rain before they realized how close it was?

They had to hear the explosion or see it coming in the sky, right? Did it happen at night?

How do you get buried alive in a sitting position like that without at least making an attempt to get away or something....anything?

In the last photo there are pottery pots and stuff


it's probably just a sculpture from an art class

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Ultimate Guide to Volcanoes: Pyroclastic Flow : Video : Discovery Channel

This is what happened.​

 

[zerozero]

looks like the crouching guy is praying

 

[daze23]

those are plaster casts

Giuseppe Fiorelli took charge of the excavations in 1863. During early excavations of the site, occasional voids in the ash layer had been found that contained human remains. It was Fiorelli who realized these were spaces left by the decomposed bodies and so devised the technique of injecting plaster into them to recreate the forms of Vesuvius's victims. This technique is still in use today, with a clear resin now used instead of plaster because it is more durable, and does not destroy the bones, allowing further analysis.

 

[porque]

some people where too close to escape and others felt they were safer in their homes and as daze23 explained those are cast of people made from plaster

 

[Melt_Man]

If the air gets displaced by any gas from the explosion you will lose consciousness almost immediately.

 

[Ze Pequeno]

did dude in the 4th pic die eating the p*ssy?

 

[Arcavian]

did dude in the 4th pic die eating the p*ssy?

I dont think thats a woman breh

 

[jadillac]

I just watched a doc about this on YouTube and it said they were killed by the heat. Which is how they died basically in an instant.

The heat from the gases of the pyroclastic flow. It was probaby around 300 degrees or so

 

[Robbie3000]

I had a chance to visit Pompeii a couple years ago. shyt was amazing breh. The city was preserved because of the ashes. It's incredible how advanced The Roman Empire was at the time. Sewage systems, toilets, bath houses, phalanx symbols pointing to the whore houses, amphitheater, great cobblestone roads, etc.

 

[the cac mamba]

The heat from the gases of the pyroclastic flow.

feel like this is a ghostface song

 

[Techniec]

feel like this is a ice cube song

fixed

 

[Robbie3000]

fixed

"My pyroclastic flow turn this booth to Pompeii" - O'Shea Jackson.