According to the study, the family attempted to lock themselves in a room, using a bed wedged against the door to barricade ...

The eruption of Mount ... of Vesuvius’ human toll. “Many disasters have befallen the world, but few have brought posterity so much joy,” wrote the German poet Goethe after touring Pompeii ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the final moments of a family in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

Archaeologists uncovered remains and objects in a Pompeii house, revealing the final moments of residents during the 79 A.D.

When Mount Vesuvius began to erupt on the morning of August 24, AD 79, most of Pompeii's residents were ... poet called Pliny the younger watched the disaster unfold from a distance.

The ancient Romans were unaware of the massive danger posed by a volcano in their midst, so when Mount Vesuvius erupted in ...

First, they tried to save themselves from the fury of Mount Vesuvius ... sign of disasters that appear 'stratified' in this house, literally, as reported in the 'E-Journal' of Pompeii.

A study into recent excavations at the archeology site has revealed the final moments of some of Pompeii’s residents. A scene discovered at the House of Elle and Frisso - named after the ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don't often think to look beyond the city walls.

That’s what happened almost 2000 years ago in Italy, when Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year 79AD. But the cloud of hot ash that buried Pompeii, instantly destroying it, also preserved the city ...

The busy port city of Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., but its destruction ... and it’s something you don’t really see in other natural disasters.” Visitors to ...