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Pompeii's secret underworld Cover Image DVD DVD

Pompeii's secret underworld / produced, directed and edited by Oscar Chan ; a Nova production by Blink Films for GBH ; in association with France télévisions, Channel 5 and SBS Australia.

Chan, Oscar, (television producer,, television director,, editor of moving image work.). Boffey, Mercer, 1982- (narrator.). Blink Films, (production company.). WGBH (Firm), (production company.). France télévision, (production company.). Channel Five (Great Britain), (production company.). Special Broadcasting Service (Australia), (production company.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (broadcaster.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.).

Summary:

For over two centuries, archaeologists have hailed Pompeii as a sophisticated city at the heart of an advanced ancient civilization. But a series of new excavations is painting a much more complex picture of the city tragically buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79. New archaeological finds -- including 2,000-year-old lines of graffiti, human remains, and artifacts from ancient homes and businesses -- are revealing a city of both staggering wealth as well as abject poverty, dependent on slavery, and torn apart by political rivalries, violence, and riots. Even before Vesuvius rumbled, the jewel of the ancient Roman Empire hid a very dark side.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781531717520
  • ISBN: 1531717527
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approx. 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2025]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Cataloged from container.
Wide screen.
"SDH subtitles (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrated by Mercer Boffey.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program Nova, Februrary 19, 2025.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1; NTSC; stereo.

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Subject: Pompeii (Extinct city)
Pompeii (Extinct city) > Social aspects.
Vesuvius (Italy)
Archaeology.
Genre: Documentary television programs.
Science television programs.
Historical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

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Howe Library DVD 937.7256 POM 31254003960990 New DVDs - Main floor On holds shelf -

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