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The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 05:42. Excavators in Pompeii recently unearthed the remains of two more victims of the ancient volcanic eruption that encased the lost Roman city in ash and ...

Earthquake activity as damaging as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius bears part of the blame for the total devastation of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 A.D., new research suggests.

The frescoes are being cleaned to remove the volcanic ash that blanketed Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, and will then be restored. Many of Pompeii's buildings ...

Pompeii, founded as early as the 7th century BCE, ... In the year 79 AD, Italy's Mt. Vesuvius erupted with superheated ash that rained fiery death on several Roman cities nearby.

Archaeologists uncovered disturbing details about a Pompeii family's fight for survival during the destructive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced the ...

The ruins of Pompeii. In A.D. 79, a massive eruption by Mount Vesuvius buried the town in ash, freezing it in time. A tomb in Pompeii covered in red graffiti. Wall scribblings were common all over ...

The remains of the two victims, lying next to each other on their backs, were found in a layer of grey ash at least 6.5 feet deep, archeologists said.

A three-part PBS documentary explores the revelatory recent excavations of the ancient Italian city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

When Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, the avalanche of volcanic ash that hit Herculaneum caused people's blood to vaporize and their skulls to explode, new analysis of their skeletons has revealed.