相关链接：

庞贝古城的毁灭
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pompeii.htm
在这里可阅读小普林尼的文章摘要，主要内容是关于公元79年火山爆发毁灭了庞贝和赫库兰尼姆两座古城并夺走他的叔叔老普林尼的生命。

见证（关于维苏威火山）
http://www.vesuvius.tomgidwitz.com/html/5__eyewitnesses.html
这拉记录了几个维苏威火山爆发的见证人，从公元前215年的Hannibal到1787年的Johann Wolfgang von Goethe。

“Pompeii: Stories From an Eruption”, Chicago Field Museum http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pompeii/volcanism.asp
Discover how the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum lived before the A.D. 79 eruption of Vesuvius took their lives and buried their towns.

Vesuvius, Italy
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html
Learn about the ancient history of Vesuvius and see pictures of more recent eruptions and artifacts from its most famous eruption in A.D. 79.

Vesuvius Observatory
http://www.ov.ingv.it/index_eng.htm
Explore the website of the observatory that monitors Vesuvius 24/7. See real time seismic readings as well as a catalog of past seismic activity at Vesuvius. Learn about the history of Vesuvius and the research being conducted to increase our understanding of this volcano.

参考书目：

Lancaster, Jordan. In the Shadow of Vesuvius. I. B. Tauris, 2005.

Ling, Richard. Pompeii: History, Life and Afterlife. Tempus, 2005.

Pellegrino, Charles. Ghosts of Vesuvius. William Morrow, 2004.

Zeilinga de Boer, Jelle. and Donald Theodore Sanders. Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions. Princeton University Press, 2002.

国家地理学会资源：

Fradin, Dennis Brindell, and Fradin, Judith Bloom. Volcanoes: Witness to Disaster. National Geographic Books, 2007.

Halpern, Monica. Rivers of Fire: The Story of Volcanoes. National Geographic Books, 2006.

Balog, James. “Back to the Blast.” National Geographic Adventure, (December 2004/January 2005), 74-80, 92-95.

Burgan, Michael. “The Day of Disaster.” National Geographic World (December 1999), 10-14.

Grove, Noel. “Volcanoes: Crucibles of Creation.” National Geographic Magazine (December 1992), 2-41.

Gore, Rick. “The Dead Do Tell Tales at Vesuvius.” National Geographic Magazine, (May 1984), 556-613