Pompeii: Tales from an Eruption
The Birmingham Museum of Art (Alabama)
The BMA’s companion website to the exhibit provides basic information about what the exhibit will contain as well as contact information for the museum concerning group rates and scheduling school tours. There is also a link for Online Ticket Sales.
Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption
The Field Museum (Chicago, Illinois)
This exceptional website is the companion to the same exhibit that was on display in Chicago last year. Containing history and visuals of both the Pompeii area and items traveling with the exhibit, The Field Museum’s website will whet the appetite to see this important and cautionary piece of history.
Pompeii, the Forgotten City
Tour of Italy for the Financially Challenged
Tour of Italy is an anonymously authored website that provides a good base for exploring what may be available for travelers in Italy. The Pompeii link in this website features many images and descriptions of the site.
Lantern Slides of Classical Antiquity
Center for the Study of Architecture in cooperation with Bryn Mawr College
There is little text but the website provides many images of Pompeii’s great excavations and examples of architecture. Many of the photos were taken in the early 1900’s and are in black and white. They appear on the website as thumbnail images with links to different resolutions for enlargement.
Pompeii Forum Project
Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the University of Virginia, and Private Contributors.
This website seeks to provide the first systematic documentation of the architecture and decoration of the forum and to interpret evidence as it pertains to Pompeii's urban history, especially during the final years of the city's life.
Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei
The official site for the Italian government's museum at Pompeii. Click "English" to get started.
Volcanoes of the World
USGS/United States Geological Survey
Provides general information on volcanoes. Following the links, you can find information on specific volcanoes world wide including Mount Vesuvius in Italy.
Volcano World
North Dakota and Oregon Space Grant Consortia administered by the Department of Geosciences at Oregon State University
Images, videos, and information on current volcanic activity around the world and on other planets.
How Volcanoes Work
NASA and the Department of Geological Sciences at San Diego State University
Information for college and university level students and teachers of Earth Sciences exploring the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes. Includes photos, related links and quizzes.
Volcano Live
Australian Volcanologist John Search
Some of the most up-to-date information available on current volcanic activity around the world. Links and information for volcano adventure travel destinations.