1979. The National Geographic special In the Shadow of Vesuvius (1987) explores the sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, interviews (then) leading archaeologists, and examines the events leading up to the eruption of Vesuvius. Ancient Mysteries: Pompeii: Buried Alive (1996), an A&E television documentary narrated by Leonard Nimoy. Pompeii: The Last Day (2003), an hour-long drama produced for the BBC that portrays several characters (with historically attested names, but fictional life-stories) living in Pompeii, Herculaneum and around the Bay of Naples, and their last hours, including a fuller and his wife, two gladiators, and Pliny the Elder. It also portrays the facts of the eruption. Pompeii and the AD 79 eruption (2004), a two-hour Tokyo Broadcasting System documentary. Pompeii Live (28 June 2006), a Channel 5 production featuring a live archaeological dig at Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time (2013), a BBC One drama documentary presented by Dr. Margaret Mountford. The Riddle of Pompeii (23 May 2014), Discovery Channel. Pompeii: The Dead Speak (8 August 2016), Smithsonian Channel. Pompeii's People (3 September 2017), a CBC Gem documentary presented by David Suzuki. Gallery See also Foreign influences on Pompeii Mastroberardino, a project with the Italian winery Mastroberardino to replant the vineyards of Pompeii Robert Rive, 1850s photographer of Pompeii Luigi Bazzani: Watercolours of Pompeii when first excavated. Volcanic destruction Armero tragedy, a city in Colombia that suffered a similar fate in 1985 Akrotiri, in Santorini, Greece, excavated ruins of a city that suffered a similar fate to Pompeii more than 3000 years ago Joya de Cerén, a pre-Columbian farming village in El Salvador known as the "Pompeii of the Americas" Plymouth, Montserrat, former capital city buried by volcanic ash from the Soufrière Hills volcano in the 1990s Saint-Pierre, Martinique, town similarly destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Pelee, in 1902 References Further reading * External links Data on new excavations from the International Association for Classical Archaeology (AIAC) World History Encyclopedia – Pompeii Archaeological Park of Pompeii on Google Arts and Culture platform Forum of Pompeii Digital Media Archive (creative commons-licensed photos, laser scans, panoramas), data from a University of Ferrara/CyArk research partnership Pompeii, Scientific American historical article, 26 May 1877, pp. 326–27. Archaeological museums in Italy Archaeological parks Mount Vesuvius Museums in Campania Museums of ancient Rome in Italy National museums of Italy Roman sites of Campania Ruins in Italy Tourist attractions in Campania