A volcanic eruption sank Aenaria nearly 2,000 years ago. Now, underwater tours and ongoing excavations are bringing Ischia's ...

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Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Seventeen-year-old Pliny the Younger was visiting the town of Misenum, across the Bay of Naples from the eruption, with his family at the time.

New Pompeii discovery reveals the tragic true extent of human suffering A chilling new discovery at the site of Pompeii reveals the tragic true extent of human suffering 2000 years after the disaster.

In these letters, Pliny the Younger describes his observations from Misenum, which is about 25 kilometers from Vesuvius, and the rescue mission of his uncle Pliny the Elder, a scholar who was a ...

A report published by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii resurrected the once widely accepted belief that the cataclysm began to unfold on Aug. 24, the date put forward by Pliny, who was 17 when ...

In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii and other towns. For centuries, the city lay preserved under ash. Starting in the 1700s, archaeologists began unearthing the ...

1pm - Pliny the Younger witnesses umbrellalike cloud looming over Mount Vesuvius (he was in Misenum, across the Bay of Naples) 2pm - Pompeii begins to get covered with ash and pumice, crushing ...