His uncle is a very well known naturalist of a generation earlier who actually died going on a rescue mission at the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the inundation of Pompeii.

Archaeologist Pedar Foss of DePauw University in Indiana and the author of "Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius" (Routledge, 2022), who was not involved in the latest study, told Live Science that ...

Barricaded at home. First, they tried to save themselves from the fury of Mount Vesuvius by placing a bed across the door to ...

He died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Born into a wealthy family, Pliny’s first career was in the army. After rising to the rank of cavalry commander, he returned to Rome and semi ...

For the last two years, Vesuvius has been unusually quiet, and has nearly made the world forget the frightful devastations which old eruptions have made, and Neapolitan lazzaroni and Hermitage ...

Pliny the Younger, who was just 17 years old ... if the ash is at 5 kilometers or 35 kilometers.' Sadly, the Mount Vesuvius eruption of AD 79 is not the most deadly to occur in recorded history ...

Immerse yourself in living history: an immersive exhibition brings the last days of Pompeii back to life. heise online went ...

A.D. 24-79). Polymath, encyclopedist, administrator, and admiral, the elder Pliny perished directing rescue operations during the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius, to which the younger man was an ...

“Lab-grown teeth would naturally regenerate, integrating into the jaw as real teeth,” said Zhang. “They would be stronger, ...

THE activity of Vesuvius, incessant for some time past, has culminated in an eruption which, making every allowance for newspaper exaggeration, stands in the foremost rank of historic eruptions ...

THE eruption of Vesuvius has quieted down since last week, though scoriæ and ash continue to be ejected and there still seems to be a slow flow of lava, but in comparison with the activity of the ...