I went to Pompeii. I did not particularly want to go to Pompeii, but we were on vacation in Italy, and my partner wanted to go, and so I obliged. We could eat in Naples, I reasoned. Then even if I did ...

Over the past twenty years, the ground in this area has risen by 55 inches. The newly discovered Frieze of the House of the ...

The ruins of Pompeii, Italy, are famous for their striking murals and brightly ... But at Pompeii, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius stopped artists in the middle of their work, and its volcanic ash ...

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At least 500,000 people live in the zone most at risk should the volcano erupt. Italy's national institute for geophysics and vulcanology has called for a governmental plan to ensure that ...

Seismologists at Italy's National Institute of Geophysics ... Naples is close to the Campi Flegrei, a large and active caldera volcano that sits along with Vesuvius on the Campanian volcanic ...

No trip to see the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii is complete without a visit ... There also wasn’t a map of the museum readily available, although a printable version in English ...

In the ruins of Herculaneum, an Ancient Roman city on the west coast of Italy that ... gaping crater. The volcano's massive eruption in 79 A.D. destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii.

Mount Vesuvius is one of the most famous volcanoes ... in Italy, standing as both a breathtaking natural wonder and a ticking geological time bomb. Back in 79 AD, the eruption that is the subject of ...

At Pompeii, south of the volcano, the currents were cooler, and only the final eight penetrated the town. Image Human remains in the town of Herculaneum, west of Vesuvius, seen last June.Credit ...

Towns including Pompeii and Herculaneum ... preserved by the very accident that wiped them off the ancient Roman maps - gave historians a fascinating glimpse into life of the past.