The secrets of Vesuvius : exploring the mysteries of an ancient buried city

Title
The secrets of Vesuvius : exploring the mysteries of an ancient buried city

Personal Author EPSB
Sara Louise Clark. Bisel

Summary
By "reading" the bones of people killed in the town of Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, an anthropologist reconstructs their lives.

Other Title
Vesuvius
 
Exploring the mysteries of an ancient buried city

Year Published
1990

Series
Time quest book

Subject
Vesuvius (Italy) - Eruption, 79
 
Pompeii (Ancient city)
 
Italy - Antiquities
 
Archeology.
 
Italy -- Antiquities.

Geographic Term
Herculaneum (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs.
 
Pompeii (Extinct city)
 
Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79.
 
Italy -- Antiquities.
 
Herculaneum (Ancient city)
 
Herculaneum (Extinct city)
 
Herculaneum (Ancient city) -- Social life and customse.
 
Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79 A.D.
 
Italy -- Antiquities, Roman.

Added Author
Bisel, Jane.
 
Denis, Paul.
 
Tanaka, Shelley.
 
Bisel, June.

Added Title
Time detectives.

Summary
By "reading" the bones of people killed in the town of Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, an anthropologist reconstructs their lives.

ISBN
9780590438513

Publisher
Toronto, ON : Scholastic/Madison, 1990.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Delwood937.7 BISBook30194000038575Non-Fiction