Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption took place in AD 79. But more than 2,000 years before this, the volcano suffered an even larger outburst, triggering a masse exodus from the disaster zone.

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

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD has become the most famous volcanic eruption in history. This is largely thanks to Pompeii, the Roman city destroyed during the eruption and frozen in time ...

Ancient footprints made by people and animals fleeing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius have been discovered near Pompeii. But these footprints are thousands of years older than the famous eruption ...

The explosive eruption of Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii, burying the city beneath a layer of ash and pumice (a type of volcanic rock), which preserved the remains like a time capsule.

After the volcano erupted, Pompeii was covered in ash and lava. The people of Pompeii were unaware and could not avoid the lava in time and were buried. So prosperous Pompeii disappeared in a day and ...

As if the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was not enough, a series of violent earthquakes also played a role in destroying the city of Pompeii and killing many of its residents. ...

This mixture of hot gases and volcanic debris runs down the slopes of Vesuvius, incinerating everything in its path and burying Pompeii. (debris rumbling, people yelling) (people screaming) The ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning ...

Around 1 p.m., the volcano began spewing out gas, ash and rocks in an eruption column that extended 18 miles high, creating a hail of pumice stones that buried the city and collapsed roofs ...