Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

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.

Rare, centuries-old Roman paintings were uncovered in the ruins of Pompeii.. The frescoes were found in a dining room in the ruined city buried under ash after a catastrophic volcanic eruption in ...

Pompeii skeletons suggest earthquakes piled on cataclysmic destruction from volcanic eruption - Ancient Roman city was destroyed by eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79AD ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — A new discovery from Pompeii is shedding light on the horrific scenes after the volcanic explosion, including that of one family's desperate attempt for survival. Experts at ...

As if the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was not enough, a series of violent earthquakes also played a role in destroying the city of Pompeii and killing many of its residents. ...

A minor earthquake in southern Italy has led to damage to structures within the Pompeii archaeological site. Officials confirmed on Thursday that a wall and a vault had partially collapsed.

A new discovery from Pompeii is shedding light on the horrific scenes after the volcanic explosion, including that of one family’s desperate attempt for survival. Experts at Pompeii ...

Nearly 2,000 years after the Mount Vesuvius volcanic eruption destroyed this Italian city, preserving it in a time capsule of ash, ... While Pompeii was leveled more than 2,000 years ago, ...

The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 05:42. Excavators in Pompeii recently unearthed the remains of two more victims of the ancient volcanic eruption that encased the lost Roman city in ash and ...

Archeologists have found new victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the ruins of Pompeii. The Archaeological Park of Pompeii found two skeletons, a man and a woman, in what was likely a ...