When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the scolding lava, ash, and gas that poured from its entrails converted the Roman city of Pompeii into a terrifying snapshot of death and destruction. Two ...
An excavation in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in A.D. 70 ... bones of three people who died during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed both the ...
After the eruption, bodies of the victims at Pompeii were famously preserved in ... They are more dangerous than lava because they travel faster, at speeds of around 450mph (700 km/h), and at ...