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Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow.
Is your knowledge of Pompeii strong enough to withstand our flow of ... so when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, ... Pompeii suffered the most damage and was essentially wiped off the map.
On August 24th of 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius began to erupt and to destroy thousands of people, animals, and plants. On this 1,937th anniversary of the blast, check out the hour-by-hour timeline for ...
Pompeii: Roman map shows ancient postal service. Pompeii and its neighbouring settlements were devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, ...
A well-preserved living museum of ancient Rome is a city called Pompeii. Pompeii lies at the foot of a sleeping volcano, Mount Vesuvius, 150 miles south of Rome, near the lower part of "the boot ...
PISA, Italy, May 16 (UPI) --An emergency preparedness "risk map" of Mount Vesuvius, Europe's only active volcano, has been prepared, Italian geologists said. The map of 650 square kilometers (251 ...