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Pickaxe

Season 1 Episode 1 | 1m 38s

In a small room, the archaeologists discover 2000-year-old workman’s tools just where the workman left them at the time of the eruption. They include hoes and a pickaxe that has hardly changed since AD 79.

Extras
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.
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.
The archaeologists unearth a lavishly decorated fresco that looks like a pizza.
Archaeologists begin excavating a previously untouched area of Pompeii called Insula 10.