Pompeii's dark omen: Ancient footprints show people had to escape an eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1,800 years BEFORE the one that buried the famous Roman city
Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption took place in AD 79. But more than 2,000 years before this, the volcano suffered an even larger outburst, triggering a masse exodus from the disaster zone.
The five hours that could have saved Pompeii's victims who were turned to glass: Ancient Romans survived initial eruption before agonising death, new minute-by-minute account ...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history. Now, scientists have revealed a minute-by-minute account of how the devastation unfolded.
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Herculaneum scrolls breakthrough: Scientists digitally "unroll" 2,000-year-old scroll scorched by Mount Vesuvius
London — The Herculaneum scrolls have remained one of the many tantalizing mysteries of the ancient world for almost 2,000 years. Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 ...
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Why the Roman City of Pompeii in Italy Still Haunts and Fascinates Us
The suddenness of Mount Vesuvius's eruption, has given us an incomparable look into Roman life 2,000 years ago.
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Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius
which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was preserved by the volcano's ash. It was not rediscovered until 1748. According to many ...
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Earth from space: Italy's 'ticking time bomb' plays peek-a-boo through a mysterious hole in the clouds
This stunning satellite photo shows one of the world's most famous and potentially dangerous volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius, playing a game of peek-a-boo with an orbiting spacecraft through a strangely ...
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Scientists digitally "unroll" ancient scroll scorched by Mount Vesuvius
London — The Herculaneum scrolls have remained one of the many tantalizing mysteries of the ancient world for almost 2,000 years. Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 ...
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A 32-hours nightmare: Minute-by-minute reconstruction of the eruption that turned people into glass
Mount Vesuvius, located on the west coast of Italy just 9 kilometers from Naples—a city of 3 million inhabitants—is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world and is still active ...
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
Scientists then used AI to piece together the images, search for ink that reveals where there is writing, and enhance the clarity of the text. The process led to a 3D image of the scroll that allowed ...
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Researchers Get a Peek Inside Another Herculaneum Scroll That Survived Vesuvius’s Eruption
Researchers have been able to generate an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in ash with the ancient city of Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that also destroyed ...
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Pre-Pompeii: Footprints of villagers fleeing Mount Vesuvius found in Salerno
Most of the burials belong to children. Before Pompeii: Footprints of villagers fleeing ancient Mount Vesuvius eruption discovered in Salerno. (photo credit: Superintendency of Archaeology ...