In the ancient city of Pompeii, which was preserved under a blanket of ash and smoke from the Mount Vesuvius volcano eruption in 79 A.D., archaeologists have uncovered a banquet room decorated ...
These struck down residents of Pompeii, then wrapped the bodies in protective layers of material that preserved ... Victims of modern fires exhibit similar poses. While there are in fact layers of ...
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 ...