Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...

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 ...

Exactly 70 years ago, in March 1944, British photographer George Rodger captured the last great eruption of Italy's legendary volcano.

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., roughly 2,000 people were trapped in the ancient city of Pompeii. The victims who died in the disaster have inspired artworks, movies and TV shows, and today, ...

MILAN, Italy — The discovery of two skeletons beneath a collapsed wall at the Pompeii archaeological site points to deaths by powerful earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mt.

On our recent Post-Bulletin-sponsored cruise to the Mediterranean, one of our ports of call was Naples, Italy, and we decided to visit the ancient city of Pompeii, approximately 10 miles southeast.

Italy's Pompeii is the stuff of legend, conjuring images of humans huddled or sprawled as if in torment, forever encased in the massive cloud of hot ash from nearby Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in 79 ...

The exhibition includes a recreation of Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. National Museum of Australia Today, Pompeii is famous for being the site of a natural disaster—the deadly 79 C.E. eruption ...

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When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., roughly 2,000 people were trapped in the ancient city of Pompeii. The victims who died in the disaster have inspired artworks, movies and TV shows, and today, ...