The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was a major volcanic disaster that buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii beneath ...

In this short video I talk about what happened on 24 August 79 AD, when Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the Roman city of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount Vesuvius can be seen from the Gulf of Naples on Italy's southwest coast. - Paolo Verzone/National Geographic Pompeii is ...

Earthquake activity as damaging as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius bears part of the blame for the total devastation of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 A.D., new research suggests. The ...

In a new study led by geologists and archeologists from the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) and Pompeii Archaeological Park, the authors show that the destruction of the Roman ...

The ancient city of Pompeii was famously buried in pumice and volcanic ash in the year 79, but a new study reveals it was also rocked by earthquakes, adding a new ...

National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating. This month–death and life in the shadow of Vesuvius.

Archaeologists used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the face of a man who died while trying to escape the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which obliterated the ancient Roman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's new evidence that a second natural disaster at Pompeii claimed lives in addition to the volcanic eruption of Mount ...

(CNN) — Pompeii is often thought of as an undisturbed time capsule, a once-bustling port that fell silent after Mount Vesuvius erupted and blanketed the ancient Roman city with a thick layer of ash in ...