Pompeii volcano

In 79 CE, volcanic Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii, Italy. Hidden from the world beneath pumice and ash, it was all but forgotten for ...

August 24, 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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Mount Vesuvius erupting at night, billowing clouds and flashes of lightning, and with many spectators viewing the event across the bay of Naples. Coloured mezzotint with etching by J.M. Mixelle after A. d'Anna.

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How did archaeologists retrieve such life-like casts of the bodies of Vesuvius’s victims? The key to the revival of Pompeii's citizens is plaster.

Art History Gallery on Instagram: "John Martin (1789–1854): The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, circa 1821, oil on canvas, 161 x 253 cm, Tate Britain, London . . John Martin’s large, vividly coloured and detailed oil painting imagines the extent of the disaster that famously beset the sister cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August AD 79. Taking as its vantage point the shores of the town of Stabiae, on the opposite side of the Bay of…

Pompeii, preserved ancient Roman city in Campania, Italy, that was destroyed by the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The circumstances of its destruction preserved Pompeii’s remains as a unique document of Greco-Roman life. Learn more about Pompeii, including its history and excavations.