The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 05:42. Stunning Roman frescoes have been uncovered by archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the ...

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

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD has become the most famous volcanic eruption in history. This is largely thanks to Pompeii, the Roman city destroyed during the eruption and frozen in time ...

Academics and armchair archaeologists still can't agree on the date when Pompeii was destroyed in a shower of volcanic hellfire. It was almost certainly sometime in late 79 CE, but was it August ...

“New insight into the destruction of Pompeii gets us very close to the experience of the people who lived here 2,000 years ago,” Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Pompeii Archaeological ...

The ancient Romans were unaware of the massive danger posed by a volcano in their midst, so when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, thousands of people scrambled to escape several small seaside towns.

The archaeological site of Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius in the background, southern Italy. Archaeologists uncovered evidence to suggest that earthquakes may have played a role in Pompeii's destruction.

A new project inside the Pompeii archaeological site is reviving ancient textile dyeing techniques to show another side of daily life before the city was destroyed by a volcano in A.D. 79.

"Pompeii: The Exhibition" opens Nov. 15 at Graceland, featuring a collection artifacts from the ancient Roman city that was destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius.

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