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I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface.

maps and cameras focused on venting gases far away. It was here I saw hints of a far bigger volcanic threat than Vesuvius, which geologists are currently keeping a close eye on. Outside the ...

this ancient Roman town was destroyed when Vesuvius erupted in the year 79 AD. Whereas in Pompeii the streets were buried under more than a dozen feet of volcanic ash and pumice, Herculaneum was ...

The heat and volcanic ash from Vesuvius destroyed the town and preserved the scrolls, but in an unreadable state, turning them into charred fragile blocks that disintegrate if unrolled physically.