Vesuvius is most famous for its eruption in 79AD which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Vesuvius has erupted many times since and is the only volcano on Europe's mainland to ...

When the first thunderous boom echoed across the plain of Campania, quickly followed by a blistering hail of volcanic rock ... "In the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, the deaths ...

While conventional wisdom says Pompeii was destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, skeletal remains recently found in the ruins reveal that earthquakes may have also played a ...

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

and the type and amount of ash dumped on the city (more than double that of Pompeii). We don't know. Vesuvius remains an active volcano, last erupting in 1944, but volcanic eruptions are only ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The discovery of two skeletons in the ruins of Pompeii suggests powerful earthquakes accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago.

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ... works were about 100 years old when the volcano erupted. "Both the frieze in the House ...