From around 2pm, larger chunks of pumice - a porous volcanic rock - began to rain down. This is when Pompeii and its people started to be crushed, as slabs up to nine feet thick crashed onto the ...

Archaeologists uncover a lavish private bathhouse in Pompeii, revealing the city's opulence and the tragic final moments of its inhabitants.

was in the path of the catastrophic tidal wave of volcanic debris from Mount Vesuvius's eruption in AD79, which left Pompeii perfectly preserved under a blanket of ash and pumice. Inside were the ...