Mount Vesuvius' Catastrophic Eruption Seemed To Preserve the Ancient Roman Cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum

Medicine & Technology Jul 01, 2023

Preserved ruins from Mount Vesuvius' catastrophic eruption offer valuable insights into ancient Roman life as well as aid in the understanding of volcanic eruptions' impact on human death. Read the article to learn more.

Archaeology Dig Reveals 2,000 Year Old “Fast-Food” in Pompeii

Dec 27, 2020

Archaeologists discover a thermopolium - the ancient equivalent of a fast-food eatery - in the city of Pompeii, offering insights on dining and tastes of the people at the time.

Heat From The Mount Vesuvius Eruption Glassed Organic Brain Matter From One of Its Victims

Jan 24, 2020

In the year 1979, the people living near Mount Vesuvius were witness to the fiery guts of the earth. The heat and pyroclastic material entombed the dead for eternity and left their remnants as shapes in hot lava.

Roman Painting, Buried For Many Years Under The Volcanic Material, Reveals The Actual Sketch With Innovative X-ray Technology

Aug 25, 2017

Recently developed X-ray technology helps to reveal the actual sketch of a Roman woman in an ancient Roman painting.

Through Time and Stone--X-Rays Help Solve 2,000 year old mystery from Mt. Vesuvius

Jan 21, 2015

When Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it destroyed several Roman towns including Pompeii and Herculaneum. With Herculaneum's destruction, hundreds of writings from the time were buried for what some believed could be all of eternity. However, scientists have now succeeded in reading parts of an ancient scroll buried by the eruption.