Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time

00:00:05 Pompeii is one of the most iconic monuments of the Roman world.

00:02:12 Eyes like a portrait.

00:04:49 Most gladiators were slaves

00:07:04 and to discover why whole bodies were preserved

00:10:17 This is a city frozen in time.

00:12:49 was taken as proof the people of Pompeii were

00:14:38 It was only rediscovered

00:18:08 But instead, they became their tombs.

00:20:53 12 hours after the initial eruption

00:23:47 travelled at nearly 130 kilometres an hour.

00:25:32 The pumice and the tiny rocks are still the stuff that would be lava. Yeah.

00:28:25 And that is why all that remained of the people in the boat sheds

00:30:34 because when people are caught and die and fires

00:32:50 Luke, you know we've got this puzzle at Pompeii

00:34:43 We're going to heat the sample for 150 seconds.

00:36:36 the charred and burned skeletons in Herculaneum

00:39:47 The gas and debris raced over the ground.

00:42:52 We want to X-ray this cast

00:44:55 I'm hoping that Steyn is going to be able to do some magic so that we

00:46:48 'victim of Vesuvius, this time from the town of Herculaneum.

00:49:04 and the fact that she died in the eruption of Vesuvius to a skull

00:51:54 While I was holding the skull, I couldn't imagine a person

00:54:24 EXPLOSION

00:56:24 It must have been indescribably awful.