It was AD 79 when the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii ... Roman city. Here’s how to make sense of it all. Before you enter, pause to think about the estimated 2000 people ...
Pompeii is huge. Comprising nine regions across 66 hectares it would take two to three days to see it all. Here are seven ...
(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File) FILE - A view of Pompeii, a buried and ruined Roman city near modern Naples in Italy, is seen in 1979. (AP Photo, File) FILE - A view of Pompeii, a buried and ...
These early casts became central to the popular fascination with Pompeii because they offered an authentic glimpse into the city’s last moments ... was actually male and that none of the four people ...
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments ... “It opens up different interpretations for who these people might have been.” Mittnik and her ...
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments ... “It opens up different interpretations for who these people might have been.” Mittnik and her ...
Read previous installments of The Lives We Lost ... preaching to the people he met. // Courtesy of Pamela Douthit The last she knew, McMahan, who went by his middle name, Michael, had been in ...
Those city paramedics are heroes — and saints, they're saints. I grew up next to the Bowery, watching the people who worked there, the Salvation Army, Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker movement, all ...
Like most urban areas, ancient Pompeii had residences of all types, including sprawling villas, smaller city houses, and multistory apartment buildings. Few of its homes, however, were as grand as ...
Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...
Pompeii with Vesuvius in the background ... Roman villas typically followed a layout of straight, clear lines, allowing people to see through the entire house. Builders also tailored designs to fit ...