Pompeii's Secret Underworld Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 5 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Archaeologists uncover new truths about Pompeii, a wealthy Roman playground with dark secrets.
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 79 CE.
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Pompeii's Secret Underworld Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 5 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
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 79 CE.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Narrator] Pompeii, - [Archeologist] This is the heart of an empire.
- [Narrator] Frozen in time by disaster.
- It would've been apocalyptic.
- [Narrator] But now, in this ancient city of luxury, archeologists are unearthing a dark history.
- We were shocked.
- [Narrator] Class warfare.
- There's bloodshed, there's slaughter.
- [Narrator] Gruesome punishment, and slavery.
- These were people in chains.
- [Narrator] "Pompeii's Secret Underworld", on NOVA.
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A Brutal Gladiator Fight in Ancient Pompeii
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At a gladiator match in ancient Pompeii, tensions exploded and spectators became fighters in a riot. (2m 37s)
This Pompeii Priest Had an Unexpected Rise to Power
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In a recently discovered tomb in Pompeii, archeologists made a startling discovery. (2m 58s)
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