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More than 250 artifacts explore the life and death of the thriving city in A Day in Pompeii at Cincinnati Museum Center
February 11, 2012 – 6:27 amNo Comment
CINCINNATI – On August 24, 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted for the first time in 1,700 years. The force of the explosion was ten times more powerful than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The people of Pompeii and all of their treasures were lost for 2,000 years–preserved by the same volcano that destroyed them. Starting Friday, March 2, Cincinnati Museum Center guests can experience one of the greatest archaeological treasures ever unearthed in A Day in Pompeii. This ... Read More
