Carry out excavation 'Pompeii oriental'

A cup is found in Tambora village

In 1815, on Indonesia's Sumbawa island, a volcanic eruption of Tambora peak buried the village of Tambora and claimed the lives of about 100,000 people. Archaeologists have dubbed this village " Eastern Pompeii ".

According to archaeologists, through the objects (including bronze, pottery and artworks) they found that there seems to be quite a civilized civilization (ancient Indonesian civilization). development. The remains of the volcanic burial show that the inhabitants of the volcano are rich and connected with Vietnam and Cambodia.

Archaeologists say the volcano is like a glass cage facing Tambora that now almost 200 years later, people still see Tambora's house, culture and people intact as if it were now 1815.

The city uses Mon-Khmer language, a language still in use in Southeast Asia.

This village was first discovered in 2004, by Professor Sigurdsson and colleagues from the University of North Carolina and Indonesian scientists.

According to scientists' guess, the eruption of the Tambora tops the lives of 10,000 people. As a result of the eruption, the ashes filled the air and in 1816 became cold, plague and crop failures claimed another 117,000 lives.

KINH LUAN