The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 

I just saw a documentary about Pompeii's sister city, Herculaneum. It had a part that completely broke my heart They showed a set of skeletons that they had found huddled together in one of the boat sheds It was a mother who was about 6-8 months pregnant, you could see the tiny bones of the baby she was carrying, she was holding a young boy about 4-6 years old, and the little boy was holding......a dog. A dog that looked just a little bit bigger than my Rat Terrier at home, it even had the same pointy face And you really have to think about that. You grab the thing most precious to you when you have to run for your life. The mother grabbed her son, but it's not like the little boy could have grabbed his dog and ran. Did the dog love his master so much that he stayed with him while they ran through the streets? Did his mother scoop him up AND the dog? Was his father and her husband one of the many male skeletons they found outside of the boat sheds? If so, did his father grab the dog? Did the little boy refuse to leave without his best friend? Even remembering that part makes me tear up. It's such a human thing. A little boy and his dog

I once went to a travelling exhibit on Pompeii and was surprised by how moving it was. I had expected it to be fascinating and it was, but it also touched me far deeper than I was ready for. There was one plaster casting that hit me particularly hard. It was a casting of a child sitting on their mother's lap. To think that they died this way, a mother comforting her scared child, brought the reality of this great tragedy to heart. Hollywood has never done this story justice and likely never will.

I visited Pompeii and Herculaneum in 2019. It’s an extraordinary experience. Anyone who has the opportunity to visit should.

A great show the BBC did a few years ago was called Pompeii - The Last Day. Was terrific and found it so moving. In this video, Seeing the final moments of these people via their casts, the objects they owned, their homes where they lived, ate and slept. Just so moving. It earns your total respect.

This is one of the most amazing places I have ever been. It really shows the might of planet Earth but also the power of man to rediscover our history. So fascinating.

I first was introduced to Pompeii in the fourth grade..how fascinating it continues to be..thank you!!

As a child in South Bend Indiana I never traveled. I could never imagine in September 2016 walking the many miles in this ancient city. It was a privilege that I will treasure always.❤

I toured Pompeii last year and it is truly amazing to be standing there where 2,000 years ago people were living their lives until suddenly they were cut short. It appears most of the people took shelter inside their homes, cellars, etc. only to eventually pass out from the gasses and die before being buried under ash and preserved. The little pieces of everyday life preserved are what really hit you.

We visited Pompeii in 1974. We had the quick tour around some of the key sites However, we could have spent a few days there. We have always hoped to return, but seeing this video brings back the memories and the lives snuffed out by a monumental act of nature.

I visited in 1993. Amazing city and also hard to comprehend the terror those people experienced.

While visiting it started raining like a storm was coming in, I had to wait in one of the ruins, to wait it out. A few minutes passed and it was sunny again. I could see Mt. Vesuvius in the horizon and I realized how quickly things must have changed for Pompeiians on that day.

Seeing it on Tv or YT is one thing but going there and experiencing it in person is another. I had that opportunity a little while back and it was truly moving. Almost as if you could hear echos in the wind of the people and everyday noises on the streets. Remarkable and the area is huge too even with all the crowds.

Those poor people who perished in the eruption 😔. This brings them to light though and how they lived their lives. 💜

Pompeii and Herculaneum are both fascinating and tragic. The stories that are uncovered by the excavations are a tiny peek into what life was like for the people right before the volcano snuffed it all out.

Wow....right?! Just wow......fascinating. I thank RU-vid for ability to see such recent documentaries, et al in archaeology, etc. Fascinating. Love "Sunday Morning".......always interesting vignettes of life.

Pompeii is fascinating! I was there last summer. It's actually much larger than I expected.

Fascinating and so incredible to witness history being uncovered in real time.

I think, Pompeii is the famous tourist spot in those years. Incredible architecture of houses, buildings and even inside of every houses.

Grandiose back then, eye opening today.

Every human life is precious. Even with the passing of time, even 2000 years and longer, every life is precious.

First visited Pompeii in 1984. It was a wonderful experience.

Fascinating place. I wish to return and see it again, with all the new discoveries.

I've always been fascinated with the story of Pompeii and Herculaneum

Was lucky enough to visit Pompeii twice, Jan 2009, it raining. Again September/ Oct 2011, still warm. You'll need all day to explore the museum. Fly into Rome and take the shuttle bus to Naples. Next day, take a cheap local train to Pompeii. You can also take a ferry to Capri as a day trip 😊

We go in a circle...it is fascinating to see where we have been...

Of course seeing some of the (now) plaster bodies in the moment of their terrifying death could be scary to experience. That would be like if, for some reason, a mass shooting was frozen in time as it happened and the people of the future discover it and see the faces of all the scared victims. It would be a lot of things and "scary" would be one of them. I actually really liked how he responded when the dude laughed. You can tell he cares for these people and he cares about their lives and their stories. He empathizes with them as fellow humans in the midst of a traumatic death and not just an interesting museum-style display.

I love the body casts. They are so very precious & humbling, that we can see someone's final moments so beautifully preserved. I consider it an honour & a privilege.

What an awesome piece. Sunday Morning and 60 Minutes…… can’t be touched.

Fascinating history

Rest In Peace Sister's and Brother's.

You need at least a month to just scratch the surface of this incredible city…. Mesmerising

Imagining them, way back then, putting a piece of wood under a rickety piece of furniture is just so very... Relatable. Separated by so many years, yet I find myself doing and enjoying so many of the things they did. Sure wish we could meet our ancestors. Seemed like they made some bomb AF bread.

I like how the roads have been hit with a volcano eruption, earthquakes, a tsunami and they are ancient yet they still look better the roads in Michigan.

I was there 2016. They said there was still so much to be unearthed. It was a fantastic tour .

Perfect timing. I've been listening to Cities of Dust by Siouxsie and the Banshees on repeat this week.

Fascinating, beautiful, and tragic. I think he's got a great idea about waiting a bit to see what new technologies might have to offer in the future. I never really thought about it like that but i see his point.

I wish I could have spent a month in Pompeii. Visiting was an incredible experience and a lifelong dream come true. I'm fascinated to learn more.

Its amazing to uncover any small artifact from the past

"...an almost scary way." It was creepy to see the CBS reporter repeat this phrase with a big grin on his face.

It's makes them human to us alive today, hearing about the past is different than seeing the past. More real, relatable if you will

Thanks

❤ the 1 hour of TV i enjoy 😊

Always been fascinated by the archeology of Pompeii

Amazing thank you.❤👍🏼👍🏼

We were there 9 years ago crazy place... Was surprised to find a gift shop in the middle of it

The phenomenon that ended life in Pompeii, a pyroclastic event, is ironically the reason that we know and can see so much of the world of the people, and the people themselves through their preserved remains...or what remained once their organic bodies disappeared.

Beyond fascinating

Thank you.

I was supposed to go on a 4 hour tour of Pompeii. Some of the other tourists got confused and showed up almost 2 hours late for the bus. What was supposed to be a 4 hour tour was only an hour and a half. I was spitting mad but our tour guide looked like Mafia so I did not say anything but I wanted to.

2:15 couldn’t concentrate on the story after seeing THIS eye candy 😅❤

I stayed in Pompeii for three days. A great place to visit. I hate to visit rocks piled upon rocks, so a lot of sites I won't bother to visit. But Pompeii....absolutely fascinating!! You can take the train to Naples and Rome and you can take a bus trip along the Amalfi Coast. Not to be missed if you haven't completed your bucket list.

Interesting , but it's amazing that CBS had to blur parts of a 2000 year old wall fresco, what is this, "Victorian England"?

So beautiful!

As an avid lover of anything roman..i would like to visit pompeii in the future

Thank you fir sharing.

Pompeii was one of the saddest places I have ever been! 😢

One of the most interesting places on planet earth. Go out of your way to visit.

having been it's an amazing place, very sad and quiet in places, shame the artefacts are not in a museum, on or near the site. It takes two days to see the site and travel to the museum.

I long to visit Italy, and Pompeii is at the top of my list.

So interesting, I hope to see it soon.

These ruins scream: Mankind, beware.

Great volcano and a great song!!

I love it .i want to go see it my self

It must be amazing to be on the dig and to be the first to hold something for yrs past that nobody saw

That’s one good looking director of an archaeological park

Some lament that Italy allowed countless papayri to deteriorate and turn to dust. I wonder what wisdom those pages held🤔 or if the wisdom is the dust & impermanence itself.🤯

Love this history

Awwww lil babeeeee

Fascinating.

I was just there a few months ago.

Amazing.

The pompeii movie with Kit harrington was really good!

So sad 😢

ROBERTA.....YUMMY!

Coins are valuable too. Perhaps not for their scrap value, but for how they can date sites and layers, and also for exposing contacts and trade routes where no written records exist.

Fascinating

Hate to say it, but present-day Naples is right near Mt. Vesuvius, too ...

Look at the colore of those frescoes or paintings on the walls of those buildings. wow. when you add color to statues, walls and stone columns and streets, you realize that ancient rome was not a boring place.

Wow

New discoveries are being uncovered time and time again

Place in Italy I have to see!

I love the idea of the archaeologists holding off on excavation, because there may one day be a much better way of doing it, and preserving the history of Pompeii.

It was very moving that a woman who was 5 months pregnant died with the baby invitro.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii is a good movie. A bit Spinal Tapish for a rock band to perform in ancient ruins, but it's still kinda cool.

COOL

Always interesting. New discovery about Very old places.I remember seeing old Documentary's I'm 55. I also remember the Band Pink Floyd doing a Live Concert for what I call a Audience of the dead in the Colacium . The Video is on RU-vid. The Colaseum other than the Band and crew is empty. The show a lot of the History and Art exposed at the time. It's nice to see the work continues

I always wanted to be an Archaelologist.

Hard to imagine what actually happened 😮

The reporter's smile and response at 4:44. 😬

A book should be written about the bodies found at Pompeii. They could call it " pain in the ash"😅

thank you for speaking slowly.

Wow 😢😮😮😅😅😊😊😊😊

Wow! now to scan the scrolls to recover the ancient manuscripts !_!

I strongly disapprove that you made the beginning movie piece so LOUD. Humans are very good at imagining how loud sounds really would be without your effort. And you can't make it as loud as it was in reality anyway, so why cause such disturbance.

I didn’t realize Keifer Sutherland had relatives in Pompeii.

Humans are amazing

What was the film that was shown at the beginning of this please?

Could it happen again.....wormwood I 😵

Just imagine if the volcano epult again😱😨😫

One big major life lesson here is not to live next to an active volcano!