Historians have been able to date the eruption of Vesuvius with apparent certainty thanks to ancient writings that purported to share first-hand accounts. They came from Pliny the Younger ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79 ... An administrator and poet called Pliny the younger watched the disaster unfold ...

His uncle is a very well known naturalist of a generation earlier who actually died going on a rescue mission at the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the inundation of Pompeii.

The first hint of the Avellino eruption of Vesuvius emerged in the early 1970s ... assuming the classic shape—classic ever since Pliny the Younger first described it in a letter to the Roman ...

An ancient beach buried by the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago ... by the admiral and illustrious Roman scholar Pliny the Elder. The beach site, revealed on ...

Vesuvius is part of the Campanian Volcanic Arc ... The eruption of 79 AD, famously described in letters by Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus, stands as one of the most catastrophic ...

After Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the Roman city in 79 A.D., bodies buried in mud and ash eventually decomposed, leaving spaces where they used to be. Casts were created from the voids in ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

As a teenager Pliny witnessed the eruption of Vesuvius from his home across the bay. As a teenager Pliny witnessed the eruption of Vesuvius from his home across the bay. Many years later, following a ...

Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS), is not the largest company out there, but it saw significant share price movement during recent months on the LSE, rising to highs of UK£4.84 and falling to the lows of ...

Vesuvius plc (LON:VSVS), is not the largest company out there, but it saw significant share price movement during recent months on the LSE, rising to highs of UK£4.84 and falling to the lows of ...