The charcoal inscription supports that theory, the Pompeii archaeology team said. His letter to Tacitus was written some 20 years after the eruption in 79 AD. And the original copies have not ...
When the residents of Pompeii died in a shower of hot ash and rocks erupting from Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the volcanic material ...
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Academics have spent centuries debating over the real date on which Vesuvius decimated Pompeii. Now, the park itself has ...
"In the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, the deaths were instantaneous. People didn't know what was happening to them," added Pier Paolo Petrone, the anthropologist who had excavated ...
Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...
An curved arrow pointing right. The discovery of two skeletons in the ruins of Pompeii suggests powerful earthquakes accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago.
"Pompeii: The Exhibition" opens Nov. 15 at Graceland, featuring a collection artifacts from the ancient Roman city that was ...
A new project in Pompeii is combining traditional dyeing techniques with colourful frescoes, to revive the daily life in the ancient city before the eruption. The inspiration comes from frescoes ...