VICTIMS of the 79AD Mount Vesuvius eruption died when extreme heat caused their ... All who huddled in the chambers died, ...

Thanks to an ancient text and specialized scanning technology, researchers say they have solved the mystery of Plato’s burial ...

Mt. Vesuvius preserved the shapes of its victims at Pompeii. But while those shapes remain at the site today, bones and teeth are all that's left of the people inside. California Schools Are in ...

The final hours of Plato, are brought to light by newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll buried beneath volcanic ash ...

Researchers have unearthed evidence that the inhabitants of Herculaneum were subjected to the full force of ‘pyroclastic currents’—a lethal mixture of gas and volcanic particles that descended upon ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79 ... As people fled Pompeii or hid in their homes, their bodies were covered by blankets of the surge. While Pliny did not estimate how many people died ...

And, thanks to a newly discovered scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius, we now know that the ancient Greek thinker was sharp in his criticisms until the very end, spending his last moments blasting a ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery near Mount Vesuvius that provides fascinating new insights into the Roman era. A dig at Somma Vesuviana, an 11-mile drive from Naples ...

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 ...

participants were stunned by the impressions left in the hard debris by the bodies of Pompeians trying desperately to flee the destruction of their city during Vesuvius’ eruption in A.D. 79.

VICTIMS of the 79AD Mount Vesuvius eruption died when extreme heat ... All who huddled in the chambers died, their bodies trapped inside for thousands of years before they were discovered by ...