We have the pleasure to present to you some thoughts on what CLIMATE CHANGE could mean for the TRADING and CONSERVATION of LUXURY ARTS, LUXURY ANTIQUES, as well as AUCTIONS and PRIVATE SALES in the FINE ARTS, among others.
And for that we will do it in several parts, this is the first.
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Sometimes, Nature show us how Nature is absolutely more powerful and stronger than humans, objectively.
There are many examples about this, one of them happened very far in the past, during the time of the Roman Empire in southern Italy.
Very far in the past, there were some very small towns located near a very large, impressive and major stratovolcano. This stratovolcano had never caused a problem for a long time, until a new period when it began to show that it was really alive. This demonstration began with small earthquakes and various disturbances as many warnings from Mother Nature that something was coming.
The humans who lived in those very small towns refused to listen to the warnings of Mother Nature, they preferred to maintain their way of life instead of evacuating the small towns very quickly, because at that time there was evidence that something was going on (small earthquakes, water suddenly disappearing from baths and fountains, etc.).
Then the disaster arrived, at an exceptional level of strength, according to the conclusions of experts who were in charge of determining what had happened.
The stratovolcano exploded, the power of the eruption projected a terrible and especially deadly cloud for all life in its vicinity, at a height of almost thirty five kilometers high (35 ), sending into its atmosphere rocks in complete fusion and pumice stone completely pulverized at a rate of one ( 1 ) to two ( 2 ) million tonnes per second, gases as well as ashes, among other things, thus releasing colossal thermal energy.
This explosion was so strong that the people who were in the small towns near the stratovolcano burned immediately, their brains were vitrified, their blood bubbled throughout their bodies and all their organs were instantly liquefied ( according to the conclusions of the experts in charge of determining what had happened ).
A complete horror, rarely achieved in similar events of the past, according to our current knowledge.
Those small towns were POMPEII, HERCULANEUM and some others one, the stratovolcano was the mount Vesuvius, just located near Naples in southern Italy and this happened in 79 AD ( Anno Domini ).
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