When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, the volcano's molten rock, scorching debris and poisonous gases killed nearly 2,000 people in the nearby ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. But ...

Around 20,000 people lived in Pompeii on the eve of the Mount Vesuvius eruption. Only a handful continued trying to live there afterwards. The Emperor Titus attempted but failed to revive Pompeii and ...

The ancient Romans were unaware of the massive danger posed by a volcano in their midst, so when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, thousands of people scrambled to escape several small seaside towns.

The discovery of two skeletons buried beneath a collapsed wall in the Pompeii archaeological site point to deaths by powerful earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in ...

A new discovery from Pompeii is shedding light on the horrific scenes after the volcanic explosion, including that of one family’s desperate attempt for survival. Experts at Pompeii Archaeological ...

A new exhibit is opening at the Cincinnati Museum Center with origins from 2,000 years ago.Pompeii: The Exhibition tells the story of an Italian city frozen in time when a volcano erupted and spewed ...

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown.

"The ongoing archaeological investigations have highlighted the presence of post-eruption habitation layers," researchers at ...

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Pompeii officials said the men apparently escaped the initial fall of ash from Mount Vesuvius then succumbed to a powerful volcanic blast that took place the next morning. The casts of what are ...

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