"Then the wind changed and the great pillar of ash and smoke collapsed, unleashing a pyroclastic surge of boiling gases and ash at temperatures exceeding 800F that engulfed the town. Everyone there was killed instantly and wood was carbonized on the spot. Herculaneum was then hit by six floods of volcanic mud, one after the other, burying under 70 feet of sludge. The mud quickly cooled and hardened into solid rock,"
"The carbonized cupboard was discovered in a second story apartment next to the luxurious the House of the Bicentenary on the Decumanus Maximus, Herculaneum's main street, in 1937. Detailed documentation in the excavation diaries record that it was found containing an assortment of tableware cups, glasses, jugs, pots in their original arrangement on the shelves. It was recognized at the time as an extraordinary snapshot of daily life in a Roman family of the 1st century."
A wooden cupboard from a second-story apartment in Herculaneum survived the Vesuvius eruption with its tableware in original arrangement. The eruption produced a collapsing ash column and a pyroclastic surge that carbonized wood and killed inhabitants instantly, followed by six successive volcanic mud floods that buried the town under roughly 70 feet of sludge. The mud cooled into solid tufa, sealing the site airtight and preserving carbonized organic materials for about 2,000 years. The cupboard was excavated in 1937, documented in excavation diaries, stabilized and restored, and placed on public display at the Antiquarium.
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