a 24-hour countdown
NatGeo’s Pompeii: Out of Time fuses historical fact and imagination to bring city’s last 24 hours to life.
The sun rises over colonnade ruins at Pompeii.
National Geographic/Paolo Verzone
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, it spewed molten rock, pumice, and hot ash over the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing thousands of people. It’s one of the most famous natural disasters in human history, so naturally there have been countless documentaries about Pompeii (and at least one popular song). But only one features actor Tom Hiddleston taking on the role of a “time detective” to bring the people of Pompeii to vivid life. That would be National Geographic’s new three-part docuseries, Pompeii: Out of Time.
