The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one ... 12pm on the 24th day of August or October AD 79. The 2,000ft volcano, located in the Gulf of Naples, started spewing a cloud of rocky ...

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Travelers to Pompeii uncover ancient artifacts and vibrant frescoes, revealing life before Mount Vesuvius erupted.

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Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the nearly ...

The passage of time has done nothing to diminish Pompeii's capacity to shock. With ossified bodies and filthy paintings scattered all over the place, ...