The white-gray ash settled like a heavy snow on Pompeii, its weight eventually collapsing roofs and floors (but leaving walls standing). Though most of Pompeii’s residents had fled, 2,000 stayed ...

It was AD 79 when the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii under layers of ash during a two-day tempest. Today, the 66-hectare archaeological site offers visitors a snapshot of daily ...

The white-grey ash settled like a heavy snow on Pompeii, its weight eventually collapsing roofs and floors (but leaving walls standing). Though most of Pompeii’s residents had fled, 2,000 stayed ...

Some of the victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D. in Pompeii were cast in plaster ... some of the victims who had been buried by the ash and debris from the volcano were eventually ...

The Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. blanketed Pompeii in destruction. To preserve the historical nature of the event and help tell the stories of the residents of the city, some of the victims who ...

Entire towns, most notably Pompeii, were sealed in millions of tons of ash and rock. Pliny the Younger and Pliny the Elder, an LMFAO-esque uncle-nephew duo, were both witnesses to the event, and ...

Each owner will receive a 7.2-foot-tall replica statue of an underwater installation ... a “Natural Cream Ash Burr” steering wheel, and white ceramic controls, while the upholstery on the ...

It spewed for 18 hours straight, as winds blew the cloud south toward the city. The white-gray ash settled like a heavy snow on Pompeii, its weight eventually collapsing roofs and floors (but leaving ...