Les derniers jours de Pompéi !

Au XIXe siècle, l'Orient Express relie l'Europe aux portes de l'Orient. Intrigues, espionnage, mystères, crimes : les histoires les plus folles naissent dans ses wagons bleu nuit. Le palace sur rails transporte avec raffinement des rois, des aventuriers ou des artistes jusqu'à Is ...  Show more

Plongez sous les pavés de Paris pour découvrir comment une idée complètement folle a transformé la ville : le métro ! Des tunnels, des rames, et des Parisiens bousculés... Un joyeux bazar orchestré par Fulgence Bienvenüe, devenu aujourd'hui indispensable. Du lundi au vendredi à 1 ...  Show more

October 24, 79 CE. Pompeii is one of the crown jewels of the Roman Empire, a bustling city that serves as a coastal retreat for Rome's elite. But Pompeii also has a large, often overlooked middle-class population. They don't live in Pompeii's massive villas. Instead, they live a ...  Show more

In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius unleashed devastation on the Roman world, burying entire towns beneath volcanic ash. While Pompeii is world-famous, another extraordinary site met the same fate - Herculaneum.

In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by Profe ...

In the year 79 CE, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman city of Pompeii. The ruins were only rediscovered in the the late 1700s, and have been under excavation ever since. In this episode we discuss written references and the archaeology of Pompeii, Vesuvius and the day the vo ...  Show more

"What happens when a volcano erupts just six miles from a bustling city? In 79 AD Mount Vesuvius is regarded as a source of bounty by those who live in its shadow. But one of history’s most infamous natural disasters soon unfolds. How did the lucky ones make their escape? And how ...  Show more