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You could hear the shrieks of women, the wailing of infants, and the shouting of men; some were calling their parents, others their children or their wives, trying to recognize them by their voices. People bewailed their own fate or that of their relatives, and there were some who prayed for death in their terror of dying. Many besought the aid of the gods, but still more imagined there were no gods left, and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness for evermore. <ref>http://www.bible-history.com/resource/ff_vesu.htm</ref>}}

You could hear the shrieks of women, the wailing of infants, and the shouting of men; some were calling their parents, others their children or their wives, trying to recognize them by their voices. People bewailed their own fate or that of their relatives, and there were some who prayed for death in their terror of dying. Many besought the aid of the gods, but still more imagined there were no gods left, and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness for evermore. <ref>http://www.bible-history.com/resource/ff_vesu.htm</ref>}}

The bodies of those who did not escape were covered by the volcano's mineral deposits, which eventually covered Pompeii in a layer more than 30 feet thick.<ref>http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/europe/pompeii.html</ref> Eventually even knowledge of where they had lain was lost.

The bodies of those who did not escape were covered by the volcano's mineral deposits, which ultimately covered Pompeii in a layer more than 30 feet thick.<ref>http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/europe/pompeii.html</ref> Even knowledge of where the dead had lain would be lost.

By late afternoon on the next day the force of the eruption was largely exhausted, and by the morning of August 26 conditions were calm. The amount of thermal energy unleashed by Vesuvius during the eruption is estimated to be 100,000 times greater than that of the atomic bomb explosion at Hiroshima.  

By late afternoon on the next day the force of the eruption was largely exhausted, and by the morning of August 26 conditions were calm. The amount of thermal energy unleashed by Vesuvius during the eruption is estimated to be 100,000 times greater than that of the atomic bomb explosion at Hiroshima.