Historian Answers Google's Most Popular Questions About Pompeii

[@Itsabbie]

Her voice is so calm! A complete contrast to the topic

[@32a34a]

Indeed. She has a voice that would do well with audio books.

[@raquelhoffmann4]

The thing that breaks my heart about Pompeii and Herculaneum is that they didn't know Vesuvius was a volcano. Imagine living next to a beautiful mountain, hiking it or near it, admiring it and then BOOM. The fright, the horror. It really breaks my heart. My great grandmother lived on a village next to Vesuvius before coming to Brazil and she used to say that knowing the mountain could erupt was a constant reminder for them.

[@lynnedelacy2841]

If you go to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum you must go and visit the museum in Naples as it houses all the portable treasures from Pompeii- you could spend days just looking at all the beautiful things

[@BaffledTimeTravel]

I made a special trip to that museum, mainly to see the Alexander Mosaic - only to find it was being cleaned, and nearly every notable object was on loan to Japan!

[@ioofmoore5940]

I could listen to this woman talk forever. I absolutely love her voice and demeanor!

[@trenae77]

On the question of evacuation - even with advanced warning systems for disasters today there are still people who chose to stay. Either they don’t trust what they see/hear, don’t believe it will be as bad as anticipated and do not want to risk abandoning their property to looters. Or they have no way of evacuating or no where to go even if they leave. People who have lived in a place their whole lives are not prone to pick up stakes and leave without the right provocation.

[@BaffledTimeTravel]

I actually talked about that in a Pompeii video I made. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXiWfYV4iN2lmtk It made me think of people who ignore wildfire warnings and end up having to be rescued.

[@victormanteca7395]

Many people were not even free to escape. Poor or common people had no place to go, so leaving their homes and everything behind in a society that had no established help programs for those that had lost their dwellings and means of living was quite a hard decision that was surely delayed until the very last moment, surely too late in many cases. And then there's the slaves: they were just not free to go or flee without being pursued, captured and punished, so up until the very last minute they had to be and remain where their masters were. If their masters were not escaping, they had to stay with them and share their fate in most cases, another unfortunate consequence of not being a free citizen.

[@strodey123]

There were also hot rocks being thrown around by the volcano, go outside and get hit by a flying boiling rock, or stay inside where its 'safe'

[@Dmimima]

I had the privilege of visiting Pompeii a few years ago and I was shocked how big it was! My friends and I spent almost an entire afternoon walking around and didn’t even see all of it.

[@meteoman7958]

Daisy Dunn has now joined my list of amazing British female historians, including Lucy Worsley, Alice Roberts, Bettany Hughes, Suzannah Lipscomb, Kate Williams, Mary Beard and Ruth Goodman.

[@SwedishNeo]

Given that this was just roughly 30 years after Caesar introduced the new calendar. Isn't it possible that August and October both refers to the 8.th month of the year? The wealthy man writing a letter using the new calendar while the charcoal scribble uses the old calendar?

[@remingtongraves]

Nicole Kidman could play her in the biopic.

[@kgspvgsp7569]

Not anymore

[@JakeKilka]

It's the other way around, she could take acting lessons and play Nicole in her biopic

[@patrickhennessee3987]

I was thinking Rosamund Pike, but Nicole too.

[@CleanYourRoomOrElse]

So heartbreaking to think what the people who tried to shelter in place went through. Such a tough decision to make especially with children to think of.

[@mhubble666]

Fascinating, so passionately delivered - thank you.

[@einarbolstad8150]

Excellent timing - I'm going there tomorrow!

[@Robertf752]

have a good time i was there a few years ago. take your time and take it all in :-)

[@terfalicious]

Bon Voyage!

[@harryrabbit2870]

Hope it's part of a guided tour. There is so much to see. We got to it at noon and missed a lot.

[@chris8330]

Very jealous! Enjoy!

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Because they have the same accent?

[@bellablue6818]

Love this expert, she’s so well-spoken and has THE most beautiful voice/demeanor. I could listen to her talk forever!!

[@alicia1463]

My Latin class read Pliny the Younger's account. He talked about his uncle, Pliny the Elder, going to rescue people. However, when the guy got to a friend's house (he couldn't make it all the way due to, you know, the erupting volcano), he decided that he wanted to eat and take a nap before evacuating. They then tried to get out, which is where he died.

[@Sarah.Riedel]

I remember when I was 5 years old, in 1987, I watched the National Geographic documentary on Pompeii which featured for the first time the incredibly detailed plaster casts of the victims...it simultaneously terrified and fascinated me and it made a tremendous impression on me for years afterwards.

[@teresamr]

Thank you for this! My family is/was from outside of Sorrento, and Vesuvius is ever present. Do the hike to the crater if you can, it's not terribly strenuous. My mother is a survivor of the 1944 eruption, they were suffering so much from the war and the ash destroyed their vegetable gardens.

[@natalieeis9284]

In the House of the Centenary they found a mural depicting Vesuvius. The volcano is green and lined with plants and trees showing a different shape from what we know today. They probably didn't know it was a volcano. It must have been a shock when the mountain erupted. I imagine people probably thought it was the end of the world.

[@BaffledTimeTravel]

Yep, they show that image and discuss the topic in this video.

[@natalieeis9284]

​@@BaffledTimeTravel i rewinded it, you are right. They show it for 1 second and then cover it with writing, then again for 1. I missed that totally because it was so short. Strange that they didn't show it longer or explain, it because it answers that question.

[@michellewhyatt4438]

This was amazing & extremely interesting thank you

[@1234567marks]

These history hits are great, especially when the presenters enthusiasm is so obvious, add to that the presenter being easy on the eye and it’s a winner 🙂👍

[@maxtew6521]

Thank you for all the amazing information, ma'am. Also, you're the prettiest historian I've ever seen!

[@douglasclerk2764]

I imagine several victims - including Pliny senior, would have died from inhaling sulphur dioxide. Not kind to the lungs.

[@BaffledTimeTravel]

Yeah we have about as close of an eyewitness account as possible, saying that’s exactly what happened.

[@danielkarmy4893]

Didn't he just collapse?

[@douglasclerk2764]

@@danielkarmy4893 My dim & distant memory of translating Pliny Junior's account (High-School latin, back in the '60s) Is that his uncle collapsed when the wind changed, suggesting that he inhaled something - maybe SO2. It's a long time ago, & I may not be recalling with accuracy.

[@Jolie_sailor]

Learned a lot. Thank you.

[@gio-oz8gf]

I can't help but wonder why I keep thinking about Nicole Kidman while watching this video. Perhaps it's the accent.

[@stevenmac993]

You mean Daisy's English accent and Nicole Kidman's Australian accent?

[@nathanirby4273]

it's the nose/ mouth + hairstyle. Her face is very similar proportionally

[@gio-oz8gf]

​@@stevenmac993⁣ You mean Daisy is English? And there was me thinking she's a Sheila.

[@gio-oz8gf]

@@nathanirby4273 The eyes mostly for me, the occasional facial expression too.

[@gio-oz8gf]

@@stevenmac993 The mention of the accent was my unforgivably feeble attempt at a joke. I mean, of course, that they look alike.

[@lizlilliman3644]

I am hoping to visit Pompeii in 2026, been a bucket list item. I did the Cambridge latin books at school and the 1st books are based in Pompeii.

[@PaulBrine-s9y]

I did the the same course in the early 70s, and eventually visited Pompei a year or two before Covid. I went into one of the houses and I felt as though I knew it. It only dawned on me later that they probably used that particular house as the model for 'domus Caecilio' - apologies if my Latin grammar is bit rusty, it is L years ago now ;-).

[@bene4tr]

I recall reading Edward B. Lytton's 'The Last Days of Pompeii'. How unexpected and sudden is the leveller's arrival though we know it is certain. The dust, sand and ashes entomb civilizations. The historian has let us pause at this necropolis.

[@WagnerGimenes]

Thanks. Excellent presentation.

[@darknesswave100]

I wish we could somehow ask the dead what it was like when stuff happens to them. Like what happened in Pompeii. Like obviously it wouldn't be pleasant to hear but it would be interesting to know what they'd think about being remembered for the disaster. I can't imagine being in that situation

[@Picplosions]

I love how much passion you show in your answers!

[@texano1957]

I really enjoyed this, it explained a whole lot and fill in many blanks… oh and I just ordered your book too! Keep up the great work.

[@someguy3766]

Very interesting, Pompeii has always fascinated me. Daisy is great at presenting her subject.

[@MissySimpleM]

What an informative video. Thank you so much for making it and answering in such detail!

[@victormanteca7395]

As for the date: not only we have Autumn season fruit and vegetables, there's the citizens themselves: those that have been preserved in castings seem to wear full wool clothings and many seemingly have their legs wrapped. Summers are hot in the Mediterranean shores, but the victims are dressed like weather was somewhat cooler, so that also points to a mid-late Autumn date.

[@annamoshkanbarians]

Finally one on Pompeii I was waiting for this for a long time Can you guys do one about Herculaneum next please

[@BaffledTimeTravel]

At the risk of being a shameless self-promoter, I made a video about Pliny the Younger’s letters and got into the differences between Pompeii and Herculaneum. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXiWfYV4iN2lmtk What bugs me the most is how much of Herculaneum is still buried, and hasn’t even been touched!

[@JakeKilka]

@@BaffledTimeTravel Pompeii is easier name to sell and remember, that's why it's clearly more famous of the two

[@williamrobinson7435]

Good this. The q&i format works well! Thanks Daisy and team. 🌟👍

[@Thunderpuddle]

The remains of those people cowering and trying to hunker down are truly heart-breaking. Their final moments in such absolute terror. Now there are casts of their final moments in glass cabinets being looked at by hot and bothered tourists.

[@JH-lo9ut]

The casts of victims are one of the most amazing archaeological curiosities we have. The idea to pour plaster into the cavities was brilliant, and the result is both morbid and touching. I don't think this would happen today, not because of lack of imagination, but because it goes agains archaeological practice to do this kind of destructive modification to remains or artifacts. Today we would probably insert some probe and 3D-scan the cavity and create a VR model of the victim. It's not intrusive. The physical remains would remain untouched and can be studied. But no digial rendering will have the same impact as the real thing. It is a statue, but containing the bones of the deceased within. There is just nothing like it.

[@CamStLouis]

You should have Jo Berry on - she literally wrote the book on Pompeii and dispels many common myths about it. I had her for a professor 10 years ago - awesome lady!

[@dubyah8824]

The explosion itself was described by Pliny the younger, and so, that type of eruption is called a Plinian eruption. ie a rising eruption column that collapses and produces pyroclastic flows down the sides of the mountain.

[@godofrock]

Holy cow! If she were my teacher I would have had a doctorate now.

[@axellind7839]

It’s the geologist who can tell about the eruption sequence by studying the deposits produced during the eruption which help corroborate plinys account and studying other eruptions

[@staceyg2224]

excellent video! so informative and interesting, thankyou!

[@neilwinchester9187]

Very interesting. Thanks!

[@Piggelgesicht]

3:20 why would you censor ancient art?

[@cleverhandle420]

Fascinating, ty. I remember all the graffiti more than anything else when I visited. I wish I had kept a journal of my trip. U forget so much over time. My Latin then wasn’t as good as it is now but some funny stuff dotted around there. I can’t say on YT but there were certain sketches of a certain body part on the pathways leading to certain establishments. Places where people could stop and grab lunch. Etc. Fascinating place.

[@Erichev]

Aren't the pictures being shown considered art? Why are we blurring it? Did we return to the era of adding fig leafs to statues? Censoring on YT is ridiculous.

[@PaulTomblin]

If you don’t self-censor, the KZbin algorithm will demonetize you or just show you to fewer people. KZbin’s algorithm doesn’t know the difference between ancient art and soft-core porn.

[@Erichev]

@@PaulTomblin Sounds like the algorithm needs to be fixed. They won't though because Heaven forbid you offend someone.

[@kf7137]

Isn't it pretty much the only place where the paint on buildings and statues is preserved in their original color?

[@0210rokvist]

Thank you

[@senarathkarunaratne8529]

I am not an erudit scholar graduated by any university proper. However according to my analysis, Pompeii resembles the very Nirmanarathi Heavens given in the Buddhist chronicles. Self Studies are still underway.

[@amnesiai]

Suddenly I'm very interested in the history of Pompeii

[@helenk5579]

Excellent!

[@kcb3]

lovely video to watch during dinner! thanks :)

[@liberalman8319]

Thank you !

[@richardprescott6322]

Been to Pompeii and Heraculem and stupidly walked up to the summit with some mates. Then - due to stupity and far too much red wine walked/climbed into the crater to get some rocks. Got a right telling of by the warden. We didn't understand a word he said but definitely got the idea he was absolutely not happy with us and that we were stupid. The warden was totally correct

[@ffdv7458]

Censoring an ancient fresco is next level insanity

[@lenabreijer1311]

Otherwise KZbin takes it down.

[@cleverusername9369]

KZbin will take it down if it's not censored. Let them make their money, is your life made lesser by not being able to see ancient depictions of people's junk? Just Google it if it means that much to you

[@ISawABear]

How do people not get that generally history channel dont want to do this crap but have to in order to stay monetized?

[@shanephillips4011]

​​@@ISawABearI'm not interested in their monetization, fuck censorship. Slippery slope.....I'd rather the content not exist at all if this is the answer.

[@LilyMoonWitch]

@@ISawABear Because they like complaining. More so if they can, ironically, blame it on people "being offended".

[@raenahonan2003]

Just visited 9 Dec..not crowded❤

[@Alex-cw3rz]

People who learnt latin at school will remember the absolute legend Caecilius Still remember the classic Caecilius est in horto

[@RunOfTheHind]

Ha! The CLASSIC line. Him and his wife Matella. Me and my mates used to spend our lessons coming up with lines such as 'sordidus senex facit ancilla. matella vigilat et delectatur'. Nonetheless, we all still had lumps in our throats when they all bought it.

[@FyremaelGlittersparkle]

Now there's a name I hadn't thought in two decades!

[@clvrswine]

*learned. This is KZbin. Use American English.

[@andrasszabo1570]

@@clvrswine How does that make sense? Why would people need to use AE just because they're on YT? Why not "this is History Hits. Use British English"?

[@RunOfTheHind]

@@andrasszabo1570 Trump voter getting all militant. And/or insecure that we LEARNT latin while they've barely mastered ENGLISH.

[@WeasyMac]

Damn she's pretty 😱

[@danielschmidt7806]

I'm curious what we know about the reaction of the empire as a whole?What do we know of the religious implications? I would assume they would interpret Pompeii as wraith of the Gods.

[@-DC-]

Daisy had published some Excellent books if anyone isn't aware of her prior to this Content 👍

[@clvrswine]

? Is this English?

[@johnnyjolijt2]

It was hardly "frozen" in time. But I know what you mean.😀

[@shaggycan]

Don't go in August, it's like a sauna.

[@rogerbrown3520]

There was a major earthquake on the second day.

[@Pippis78]

The casts are not just casts and not people. Their bones are usually inside the cast.

[@RunOfTheHind]

25:25 Censoring 1st century boobs? Seriously?

[@lenabreijer1311]

KZbin takes down the video otherwise

[@athanksgivingbaby570]

Why do people keep asking this type of question like there's some kind of moral superiority to it?? It is completely obvious that KZbin restricts topics or images IT decides aren't advertiser friendly. The channel Creator has to follow their rules or risk their channel being taken down and/or demonetized. There. The question is answered, so nobody needs to ask it anymore.

[@kevinjohnbetts]

@@athanksgivingbaby570 It's one of those unfortunate side-effects of KZbin being a global media site and certain groups within society having a real problem with nudity. Advertisers want the maximum reach and thus all parties play to the lowest common denominator. It gets absurd when what gets censored is famous classical art but AI does not discern between antique T&A and contemporary T&A.

[@LilyMoonWitch]

@@athanksgivingbaby570 "Why do people keep asking this type of question like there's some kind of moral superiority to it??" Because they like acting like they are the morally superior group. 😂 Welcome to capitalism, where anything that is perceived to hurt sales needs to be hidden away.

[@keouine]

I wish someone had asked where all the pumice and solidified ash were hauled. I wonder if there's any validity to the notion that until after the Renaissance and then some, people just had way too many other pressing issues to deal with than to worry about a place mentioned by Pliny the Younger...Those who lived in the centuries after the Roman Empire didn't really take care of the exant Roman buildings still standing right in front of their eyes so why get all curious about Pompeii?

[@stenbak88]

Attractive historians are just heaven I absolutely love the intelligent and beautiful women this channel gets

[@IlRyanWilsonlI]

It got so hot so fast that some people's heads exploded.

[@pampoovey6722]

Why did she smile so much when talking about people getting crushed? 😂

[@Lex_Lugar]

This Woman, who we all agree is Nicole Kidman, would absolutely own Roman KZbin. She’s got her marketing mixed up. She should’ve sold the book after she took KZbin by storm.

[@pauloboyle477]

These are the only places they finding surviving artifacts that tell a story. Even simple as how they got Roman roads so straight. They found surveying tool there. Boom

[@pauloboyle477]

Learned that from Stuart on. Time team.!!! Great show

[@spectre-8]

“Men, women, AND children, it was very very diverse” 😒

[@lynnedelacy2841]

Lots of interesting videos about Pompeii on KZbin

[@durangodave]

she is one of the kinds of people that does not last long in the dating arena. She is pretty, sexy, educated, great accent, and appears to be kind hearted. 😁

[@durangodave]

why did noone write about it right away, why wait 30 years?

[@wolfgangBuonarotti]

so many false Caesars, but so few aspiring Plinys

[@speakupriseup4549]

Don't have an evacuation alarm, just a stonking big mountain belching massive plumes of smoke and earth tremors for a week...😅

[@PaulTomblin]

“Doing their own little investigations of Pompeii” == “looting”

[@purefoldnz3070]

Nicole Kidman explains Pompeii

[@dprice1291]

Gratias tibi ago!

[@socksmulder]

close enough, welcome back Nicole Kidman!

[@gaznight6871]

For obvious reasons it wasn't mentioned but If people were really suffering as mentioned then why was the most famous cast of pompeii still holding his member?

[@BaffledTimeTravel]

He wasn’t. That’s just an internet thing. The guy’s body just seized up in that position.

[@chan_AU]

Anyone else think DEW like in Maui

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

The surprising answer to why the denizens of Pompeii did not evacuate is that it turns out that they were quite pointlessly but quite furiously stubborn.

[@helenamcginty4920]

Like all those who seem to take a pride in not evacuating from hurricanes etc. Like they want a pat on the back for being stupid. I bet they want rescuing if they need it though. Putting other people's lives at risk.

[@Subutai_Khan]

@@helenamcginty4920 Well the pyroclastic flow and hot gasses etc would have made it impossible for many of them anyway. Unless you were close enough to watercraft and got out of there fast. A pyroclastic flow moves way faster than even modern vehicles though so their odds were not good unless you thought to evacuate asap and had a way out.

[@lynnedelacy2841]

The early rumblings were probably thought to be another earthquake like the one that they had survived a few years previously

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@helenamcginty4920 you get the coveted pyroclastic pat

[@bertreynolds8146]

She's gorgeous, sorry, but watched and listened for that.

[@Sylvia_C]

Why on earth does KZbin find it necessary to censor classical artwork? I'm 68 years old and a Christian, and I think the level of prudishness being displayed here is ridiculous.

[@davelucraft5825]

It says much about KZbin's ridiculous prudish censorship rules that this authoritative and educational Podcaster feels the need to blur out naked bodies depicted on Roman murals.

[@adrianblack608]

The old masters would have loved to paint the presenter, she exudes 'muse'.

[@Oosh21]

Next question.

[@The_Butler_Did_It]

Very interesting. Now, stand by while Metatron reviews your video and points out why everything you said is wrong.

[@kgspvgsp7569]

Na, too pretty

[@jaredtbrush]

So beautiful

[@Docmain3]

The fact they have to blur art do to butts even though seen quite frequently on television makes me laugh, but sad.

[@christinedarrock8486]

She reminds me of Nicole Kidman

[@shanephillips4011]

Im just waiting for the Metatron video before I take this with anything less than a grain of salt.

[@soulknife20]

He doesn't list his sources. I take what he says with a grain of salt.

[@shanephillips4011]

@soulknife20 he is the source. I bet you think cleopatra was black.......

[@soulknife20]

​@@shanephillips4011He doesn't list sources. The "trust me, bro" source isn't a source. Sorry, kiddo

[@soulknife20]

​@shanephillips4011 And Cleopatra was Greek. Probably mixed with north African. We don't fully know her lineage

[@soulknife20]

​@@shanephillips4011He doesn't list sources. "Trust me, bro" isn't a source

[@toneriggz]

Historical Kidman

[@FrenzyZeppelin]

Not wearing my contacts lenses, is it Nicole Kidman I am hearing and seeing (kind of)?

[@spectre-8]

Pompeii has been so done. Hoping I learn at least one new thing from this..

[@spectre-8]

ok, so I didn't learn anything new.. not her fault obviously, please choose least or weirdest pompeii googled questions next time? Something different.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

WOW Q AN A Question was fantastic presented By a Very Beautiful looking Gal that knows her stuff TY History Hit Again need a Pt 2 there is still a lot of Q an A Question about Pompeii

[@smoothbeak]

She's very lovely

[@aaronjaben7913]

wow, what a woman!

[@baron7755]

When did historians become babes?