Indonesian culture

Pompeii of the East' discovered


expedition to the site of the largest volcanic eruption in modern times has uncovered a lost kingdom.
More than 100,000 people died when Mount Tambora erupted on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa in 1815, Remains of a house with two occupants buried under ash have been unearthed for the first time in a discovery hailed the "Pompeii of the East"


Scientists say bronze bowls, ceramic pots and other recovered artefacts shed light on an old Indonesian culture, "There's potential that Tambora could be