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The Night Pompeii Died
This second episode of a three-part series exploring the intertwined histories of Pompeii and Vesuvius investigates Europe’s most dangerous volcano, and retraces the eruption of 79 AD.
Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was ...
To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...
One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years took place at the Greek island of Thera (Santorini) in the ...
Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...
Archaeologists discover a bench in Pompeii opposite the Villa of the Mysteries that reveals Roman social and political life.
"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...
When pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed Bartolo Longo, they will see not ...
A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...
The last time this volcano erupted was in September 1538. After centuries of dormancy, it is waking up again.
In Italy, a super volcano outside of Naples is stirring in a way it hasn't for centuries. And hundreds of thousands of people live right by it.
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