In 79 CE, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 20 feet of ash, preserving amazing details about daily life in the Roman Empire. Pompeii is one of the most ...

Pompeii became frozen in time, only to be rediscovered c ... The stories of everyday people - men and women - who lived and worked all around the town some 2,000 years ago. Not emperors, empresses ...

This ambient tilt-shift video tours the ruins of Pompeii—silent streets, preserved frescoes, and distant views of Vesuvius. No narration, just the haunting stillness of a city stopped in time.

There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion. For one local Italian family, it was a day just like any other. Food was being prepared in ...

St. Louis Science Center Special Exhibitions Manager Kaylia Eskew shared what to expect artifacts and experience to expect ...

When Vesuvius erupted on August 24 and 25, A.D. 79, some 2,600 inhabitants perished in Pompeii alone (a plaster ... of volcanic rock and ash—frozen in time—until their rediscovery and ...

A scene frozen ... same time, they had to be careful not to lose their status.” Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that four people, including a child, in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...