In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, spewing ash and small volcanic pellets known as lapilli over the city of Pompeii. ... They even pushed a wooden bed frame against the door, ...

Pompeii Family Blocked Bedroom Door With Bed to Escape Eruption, New Findings Reveal Almost 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius exploded, scholars continue to uncover extraordinary archaeological ...

Pompeii family's desperate fight for survival: Archaeologists discover a bed wedged against the door of a house - alongside the remains of a child ...

A bed had been moved against the bedroom door, in what was likely the family's last effort to escape the searing hot ash that was flooding the city Credit: Archaeological Park of Pompeii 7 ...

Archaeologists uncovered disturbing details about a Pompeii family's fight for survival during the destructive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced the ...

It’s a bone-chilling discovery. Archeologists at Pompeii have recovered well-preserved skeletal remains of a man and woman who died clutching treasures of the time. The woman was found on a bed ...

A man who fled the first eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, was crushed by a large block of stone nearly 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists just discovered his ...