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

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, fiery avalanches of ash and pumice assaulted Pompeii, displacing some 15,000 inhabitants and killing at least 1,500 more.

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

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Archaeologists and volcanologists have proven that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius turned a young man's brain into glass. No casualties reported in Iranian strike on US base in Qatar, US official says.

The explosion was the strongest since 2021, expelling ash, dust, lava and a pyroclastic flow, but no injuries or deaths were reported ...

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 is one of the most catastrophic volcanic events in history, having famously destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum lying in its foothills.

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Based on this analysis and studies of modern volcanic eruptions, researchers concluded that a super-heated ash cloud that dissipated quickly was the first deadly event during Vesuvius’s eruption.

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The power of such eruptions is measured using the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), which is a scale that goes from one to ...

Mount Vesuvius is still active and will erupt again: Mount Vesuvius is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. Scientists believe another eruption is overdue and will be very powerful.