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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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. ...

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, ...

A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Located near Naples and at the base of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii was completely decimated in a now-infamous volcanic eruption in 79 A.D. that's remembered as one of the deadliest of its kind in ...