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Perhaps something will emerge from the depths of time about the ancient city of Nola near Mount Vesuvius, which hid the first secrets as early as 1800 BC.

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On 11/15/2023 at 10:57 AM, Miloslavius said:

Perhaps something will emerge from the depths of time about the ancient city of Nola near Mount Vesuvius, which hid the first secrets as early as 1800 BC.


I had to do some research on Nola. Seems it only suffered relatively minor earthquake damage during the eruption of Vesuvius AD 77:

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The two major cities on Vesuvius’ north side, Nola and Neapolis (modern Naples), suffered mostly from the effects of earthquakes and not the devastating pyroclastic surges that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as many other locales. With these two important economic and administrative centers still standing, life could return to relative normalcy in the surrounding countryside. And people were anxious to rebuild and return to the slopes of Vesuvius and its fertile soil, which has kept people living beneath the volcano for thousands of years despite its long history of eruptions.

 

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/526-2309/letter-from/11661-vesuvius-dark-side#art_page3

 

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Evidence suggests that the occupation of this site [Nola] may have ended the way it began, with a volcanic eruption. On November 6th, AD 472, Vesuvius erupted to produce lahars (a type of mud-flow consisting of pyroclastic material) which eventually destroyed the site.

 

http://www.archeolog-home.com/pages/content/nola-neapolis-italie-digging-on-the-dark-side-of-vesuvius.html

 

 

Here’s a good video on some of the Roman archaeology at Nola:

 

 

 

 

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