# Vesuvius and the Evidence for the Resurrection

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/vesuvius-and-the-evidence-for-the-resurrection/9948>\
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**Created:** [March 14, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/vesuvius-and-the-evidence-for-the-resurrection/9948 "2020-03-14T14:51:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/vesuvius-and-the-evidence-for-the-resurrection/9948/50 "2020-03-15T09:16:27Z")

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I find it interesting that Pliny the Elder’s nephew, Pliny the Younger, wrote a description of the eruption that was questioned as dramatic licence until quite recently, when pyroclasic flow became better understood. Eruptions such as Vesuvius 79AD are now described as [Plinian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plinian_eruption)!

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