Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger watched Mount Vesuvius erupt across the Bay of Naples, destroying the Roman cities ...
A new study published today in the journal Science Advances reports that the argon-argon dating method calibrated with that ...
When Pliny the Younger recorded his firsthand experience of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago—a cataclysm that ...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in 79 CE. It also left scientists something unusually valuable: volcanic rock ...
Thanks to the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, archaeologists now have access to the most exact volcanic eruption dating ...
On the morning of August 24, 79 AD — or possibly October 24, as we’ll soon discover — nearly 20,000 people in Pompeii woke up to what seemed like an ordinary day. By nightfall, their city had ceased ...
In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in what would become one of humanity’s most infamous ancient tragedies. Tens of centuries later, archaeologists eagerly dug through the ash and pumice to rediscover ...
On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii following the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...