More than 1,000 years before Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 C.E., another ...
Many are familiar with the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD that destroyed Pompeii. But centuries earlier, Vesuvius also sent ...
HISTORIANS have mapped out a minute-by-minute account of the final moments of Pompeii - as gas and ash transformed locals into glass. A staggering 16,000 people were buried during one of the ...
Hot, warm and cold baths in a recently uncovered villa offer a new glimpse of life in the city before it was smothered by ...
A private spa complex belonging to a member of the ancient Roman elite, complete with enormous plunge pool and hot baths, has ...
The excavation of a sumptuously decorated bathhouse in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city eerily preserved by volcanic ash from ...
two villas and the bones of three people who died during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed both the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.Zuchtriegel said wealthy ...
Researchers now think they understand what happened during those 32 hours of hell. The ground-breaking new study suggests there was a five-hour window when residents could have escaped - but were ...