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The Final Hours

Season 1 Episode 3 | 53m 57s

In Pompeii, the excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery and laundry reaches its climax. Chilling revelations about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours in AD 79 are revealed. As the eruption began to subside, were they over the worst?

Aired: 05/28/24 | Expires: 08/31/25
Extras
Join the final chapter of Pompeii’s largest excavation in a generation.
In Pompeii, the biggest dig in a generation reaches its climax with thrilling discoveries.
An excavation in Pompeii unearths new rich finds, and the search is on for survivors.
Anthropologist Dr. Valeria Amoretti is carefully excavating the remains of two bodies.
Archaeologists in Pompeii begin to reconstruct an elaborate, intricately painted fresco.
The archaeologists discover 2000-year-old workman’s tools, including an ancient pickaxe.
Professor Chris Jackson explains how Pompeiians might have survived the eruption of AD 79.
Archaeologists begin to restore a fresco depicting the Greek myth of Achilles.
Professor Steven Tuck begins pioneering research looking for potential eruption survivors.
Professor Chris Jackson describes the warning signs in the hours before the eruption in AD 79.