Paul Renne’s laboratory at the Berkeley Geochronology Center took eight crystals blasted out of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 and ...

Erupting in 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius serves as a significant case study for scientists delving into Earth’s geological history.

This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. On Thursday, August 26, 79 ...

The 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius continues to capture our imaginations, but modern Vesuvius is only the tip of a more complex volcanic region with its own rich earth history. This talk provides an ...

Scientists used the precisely recorded 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius to recalibrate argon-argon dating, reducing uncertainty for a nearly 2,000-year-old volcanic event to just 13 years. The new ...

National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating. This month–death and life in the shadow of Vesuvius.

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On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried several ancient cities. {Picture courtesy of Pixabay.] Ancient texts provide the basis for today’s knowledge about Greeks and Romans. Unfortunately, the Middle ...

Mt. Vesuvius towering above the ruins of Pompeii. The volcano’s eruption in 79 C.E. inundated the town. Historical accounts of the disaster have now allowed scientists to recalibrate one of the most ...

The Bronze Age footprints stand as a dark omen of the Roman-era disaster—one that clearly went unnoticed through centuries of human activity. Reading time 3 minutes Imagine starting routine ...

A scroll covered by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius has been read for the first time — with the help of artificial intelligence. What's old - really, really old - is new again. Part of a brittle scroll ...