Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Mount Vesuvius eruption turned a victim’s brain into glass. The 2,000-year-old remains are the only known examples of their kind. ... (510 degrees Celsius) before quickly cooling.

An ancient Roman beach that was buried by the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius reopened to the public at Herculaneum archaeological park in Ercolano, southern Italy, on Wednesday.

Today, Pompeii is famous for being the site of a natural disaster—the deadly 79 C.E. eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which left ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, ... Charli XCX showcases her incredible figure in a skimpy pink lingerie set before slipping into racy festival fit in sizzling new photo dump; ...

Mount Vesuvius eruption turned part of man's brain into glass after super-hot ash cloud. A man, thought to be the custodian of a religious group, ... (950F) - before rapidly cooling. ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, fiery avalanches of ash and pumice assaulted Pompeii, ... was convinced that the graffiti was idly doodled a week before the explosion.

Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted, fascinating new research shows. A piece of dark glass was found in the man’s skull, who died in the Roman city ...

ANCIENT footprints of people who fled a fiery eruption of Mount Vesuvius 3,000 years ago have been unearthed by accident. The markings had been made more than 1,000 years prior to the volcano’… ...

The exhibition includes a recreation of Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. National Museum of Australia Today, Pompeii is famous for being the site of a natural disaster—the deadly 79 C.E ...

The eruption ended in 24 hours: Around midday on August 24th in the year 79, Mount Vesuvius began to erupt. First, it blasted pumice stones high into the air. These stones fell like rain for about ...