The eruption of Mount Vesuvius near Naples, Italy, in 79 A.D. killed thousands of Pompeii residents and remains one of the most famous volcanic explosions in history. But scientists say a hidden ...
(CNN) — The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever ...
Archaeologists discover a bench in Pompeii opposite the Villa of the Mysteries that reveals Roman social and political life.
Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...
The desperate final moments of a family caught in the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD have been discovered, offering a sobering reminder of the human cost behind one of antiquity’s ...
Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic rocks, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious threats to ...
ST. LOUIS — Nearly 2,000 years ago, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman city of Pompeii and its residents under 15 feet of ash and volcanic debris. The Saint Louis Science Center and ...
Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was ...
To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...