Documentary telling the story of the disaster in the year 79 AD. When Mount Vesuvius erupted, it rained seven million tonnes of debris onto Pompeii and sealed the fate of more than 1,000 people. But it also sealed the city off from the world - preserved it and protected it. Like nowhere else on earth, the rediscovered Pompeii gives access to the ancient world. Now, with new findings, insights and technologies, the story of the ordinary people caught up in this disaster can be told.