While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., ...
The victim, who was crushed by an enormous stone while trying to escape, is the latest in a series of discoveries at a ...
When Vesuvius erupted on August 24 and 25, A.D. 79, some 2,600 inhabitants perished in Pompeii alone (a plaster ... of volcanic rock and ash—frozen in time—until their rediscovery and ...
Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues ...
In a one off landmark drama documentary for BBC One Dr Margaret Mountford presents Pompeii The Mystery Of The People Frozen In Time ...
Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 transformed one unfortunate victim’s brain into organic glass.