In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby ancient Roman city of Pompeii and the smaller town of Herculaneum under deadly layers of volcanic ash, pumice and pyroclastic flows. But the ...

A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.

"In 100 years' time, today will be remembered as historic because the discovery we are presenting is historic." Archaeologists excavating at the doomed Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, the ...

Almost two millennia after Mount Vesuvius erupted the vast secrets ... The latest include a giant fresco representing the Roman god of wine in a discovery that historians say will broaden our ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ... the frescoes at Pompeii offer valuable insights into what worship of Dionysus, also known as the Roman god Bacchus, entailed.

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

"EXCEPTIONAL" frescos of the Greek god of ... On August 4 79 A.D., the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted and completely buried the Roman city under a thick carpet of ash, killing Pompeii's population.

We have this really fantastically preserved fresco ... Mount Vesuvius, which was a total surprise for the people living in Pompeii. NARRATOR: The explosion is visible over 100 miles away. Roman ...

Pier Paolo Petrone In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby ancient Roman city of Pompeii and ... from the shape of victims’ bodies to frescoes in private villas and library ...

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 ... Archaeological Park of Pompeii, the frescoes feature life-sized depictions ...