By the famous eruption of AD79, prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were home to thousands of people. After the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD eruption, bodies of the ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow. Mount Vesuvius ...

An Intact Roman ‘Ceremonial Chariot’ Discovered Beneath an Ancient Villa, Reveals Last Moments of Those Who Lived in It ...

via REUTERS The house is thought to have been owned by Aulus Rustius Verus, a wealthy and influential Pompeii politician. In the year 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing ten percent of Pompeii ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have made a stunning new discovery ... before they were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The bathhouse, adorned with intricate mosaics and featuring ...

The painting “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” by English artist John Martin, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Courtesy of John Martin via Wikimedia Commons   Despite ...

The ancient Roman city of Pompeii was buried under ash and volcanic glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and, since the 1700s, archaeologists have been unearthing the city that’s ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a lavish private bath complex in Pompeii, highlighting the wealth and grandeur of the ancient Roman city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 ...

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Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a ...