A lavish painting of a mythological scene was ... colorful some 2,000 years after the city was wiped out by the eruption of ...

but were turned to carbonized lumps by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Attempts to unroll the scrolls have damaged or destroyed them, turning the precious coal-like relics to ...

The mysterious site is mentioned in a text buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption 2,000 years ago Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent The Greek philosopher Plato was a student of Socrates and a ...

Headline:Cincinnatians can now experience the sights, sounds and sensations of the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius that ...

The narrative was found in a papyrus scroll that had been almost completely destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. In the text, it tells the story of the philosopher, a disciple of ...

VICTIMS of the 79AD Mount Vesuvius eruption died when extreme heat caused their blood to boil and their heads to explode, experts say. Researchers said some of the victims who died were trapped in ...

Pompeii was famously buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, killing several thousands. Ever since the 18th century, excavations have been removing volcanic rock to uncover the ...

Domenico Camardo, an archaeologist at the Herculaneum conservation project, compared the impact of the AD79 eruption on Herculaneum ... surge produced by Vesuvius – believed to have been ...

Researchers say a villa buried by the eruption in A.D. 79 corresponds with records of the Roman emperor's death in A.D. 14. The ruins of a Roman villa near Mount Vesuvius, discovered under the ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...