In Pompeii, which was buried in volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago, exposure to the elements and 2.5 million tourists a year pose a threat to the ruins.

POMPEII, Italy — In a few horrible hours, Pompeii was turned from a vibrant city into an ash-embalmed wasteland, smothered by a furious volcanic eruption in A.D. 79.

POMPEII, Italy In a few horrible hours, Pompeii was turned from a vibrant city into an ash-embalmed wasteland, smothered by a furious volcanic eruption in A.D. 79. Then in this century, the ...

Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead follows a contemporary investigation of the Fugitives. Using state-of-the-art technology, experts were able to x-ray the plaster corpses to get a look at the preserved ...

POMPEII, Italy – Pompeii is the city of the long goodbye. In A.D. 62, a major earthquake toppled buildings, causing severe damage, harbinger of what was to come. Seventeen years later, in ...

POMPEII, Italy (AP) — Pompeii is the city of the long goodbye.In A.D. 62, a major earthquake toppled buildings, causing severe damage, harbinger of what was to come. Seventeen years later, in… ...

Tourists walk inside the Pompeii archaeological site in southern Italy, Tuesday. In a few horrible hours, Pompeii went from being a vibrant city to a dead one, smothered by a furious volcanic ...

A statue of a Faunus is seen inside a house at the Pompeii archaeological site in southern Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. In a few horrible hours, Pompeii went from being a vibrant city to a dead ...

The Great Pompeii Project, an infusion of about 105 million euros ($120 million) in European Union funds — on condition it be spent promptly and effectively by 2016 — helped spare the ruins ...

POMPEII, Italy (AP) - In a few horrible hours, Pompeii was turned from a vibrant city into an ash-embalmed wasteland, smothered by a furious volcanic eruption in A.D. 79. Then in this century, the ...

Pompeii: Rebirth of Italy's Dead City That Nearly Died Again Innovative technology is helping restore some of Pompeii's nearly obliterated glories and limit the effects of a new threat — climate ...