For centuries, Pliny the Younger's accounts of when Mount Vesuvius erupted, bringing an end to Pompeii were gospel. But as scholars, researchers, and archaeologists continued to dig, finding ...

A thick layer of volcanic mud preserved Pompeii as it was in 79 CE, offering a unique glimpse into life in the Roman Empire.

Flying rock crushed Pompeii victim's head Pompeii's not-so-ancient Roman remains But he did not return from the venture. Pliny the Younger, meanwhile, watched the destruction unfold from the other ...

Born into a wealthy family who lived in northern Italy, Pliny was too young to have been affected by the civil wars that followed the death of Nero. His own father died when Pliny was still very ...

Pompeii: Inside a Lost City at the National Museum of Australia depicts life in the flourishing Roman city of Pompeii before ...

Pliny the Elder wanted to reassure the people of Pompeii and help his friends there out of any danger. Leaving his nephew, Pliny the Younger, at home to record what was happening, he sailed across ...

A recent report from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii reignited the long-standing ... of August 24th is derived from the letters of Pliny the Younger, who witnessed the eruption and documented ...

Herculaneum and the nearby city of Pompeii were engulfed by the eruption ... eruption of Vesuvius was recorded by his nephew, Pliny the Younger, in two letters written to the historian Tacitus.