They Died Together at Pompeii. Archaeologists Got Their Stories Wrong.
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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Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius
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 ...
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Pompeii Experts Back Up Pliny’s Historical Account of Vesuvius Eruption
Academics have spent centuries debating over the real date on which Vesuvius decimated Pompeii. Now, the park itself has ...
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Timing of Vesuvius Eruption Settled
It has traditionally been accepted by most scholars that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the southern Italian ...
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DNA reveals new stories about Pompeii’s victims
In 79 CE, the Somma-Vesuvius volcano system erupted in southern Italy.The earthquakes and violent eruption completely buried the inhabitants of the small Roman town of Pompeii. Volcanic ash ...
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Ancient DNA rewrites the stories of people buried by volcanic eruption in Pompeii
(CNN) — Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their ...
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DNA analysis of Pompeii victims rewrites the history of the 2,000-year-old tragic volcanic eruption
Recent research may have reshaped our understanding of the victims of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. For centuries, archaeologists and ...
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An Eruption Like Pompeii Most Likely Didn't Preserve These Dinosaur Fossils
Vesuvius eruption that literally froze Pompeii ... Also, volcanic activity tends to be violent - smashing and scattering ...
A Biologist Tells The Story Of Earth’s Deadliest Volcano—And The Literary ‘Masterpiece’ That Ensued
When a volcanic eruption shook the world in 1815, it left behind more than just ash and lava. Here are some iconic world ...
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Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia seeks to immerse audiences in life before, during and after tragic volcanic eruption
More than 90 artefacts from the lost city of Pompeii are set to go on show ... Roman city before and after it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. The tragic story of Pompeii, the Roman city ...