A spectacular necropolis just outside Naples contains stunning tombs that were carved into rock by the ancient Greeks who ...
Among its most significant is the UNESCO-listed Joya de Cerén, a remarkable Mayan site known as the 'Pompeii of the Americas'. This ancient farming village was buried under volcanic ash around AD 600 ...
Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...
The eruption of Italy's Mount ... have crushed buildings and residents in Pompeii, Herculaneum and other nearby settlements – but some would have survived at this point by taking shelter.
This devastating fiery shower would have sent the residents of Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum into a total panic - but some would have survived ... the morning after the eruption.
By the famous eruption of AD79, prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were ... Most of the fugitives likely survived, but the desertification of the total habitat due to the huge ...
Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...