According to Pliny the Younger, Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24th, 79 CE. That date is now helping geochronologists ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger watched Mount Vesuvius erupt across the Bay of Naples, destroying the Roman cities ...

Scientists used the precisely recorded 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius to recalibrate argon-argon dating, reducing ...

An astronaut on the International Space Station recently captured a stunning view of the famous volcanoes Mount Etna and Vesuvius all the way from orbit. Sophie Adenot, a French astronaut with the ...

Pliny the Younger helps scientists test the Vesuvius eruption date with record precision, improving a key method for dating ...

On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., thousands died and the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy.

Lead in ancient ink could help researchers read the Herculaneum papyri, Roman scrolls buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in ...

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When Mount Vesuvius erupted, the explosion caused such extreme heat that victims' skulls exploded, their blood boiled and their muscles, flesh and brains were replaced with ash, according to a new ...

A University of Kentucky project using artificial intelligence to help decode an ancient Roman mystery has led to a major discovery, researchers announced Thursday. In 79 A.D., the eruption of Mount ...

Answer help for After the Fact, featuring one of today's clues: Ancient city buried in Mount Vesuvius' eruption, from USA ...