Pompeii - Wikipedia
Pompeii (/ pɒmˈpeɪ (i)/ ⓘ pom-PAY (-ee), Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, …
Pompeii | History, Volcano, Map, Population, Ruins, & Facts
4 days ago · 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: Bodies, Mount Vesuvius & Herculaneum | HISTORY
Aug 27, 2010 · Pompeii, a flourishing resort city south of ancient Rome, was nestled along the coast of Italy in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano. Its most famous eruption …
Pompeii’s new secrets revealed: Beauty, sex and slavery
8 hours ago · Guillermo Altares. NOV 12, 2024 - 13:55 EST. One of the many inscriptions preserved in Pompeii, the Roman city buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, announces …
Homepage - Pompeii Sites Official Pompeii Archaeological Site
Dec 11, 2018 · Timetables, tickets, map and guide to the excavations of the official Pompeii Archaeological Site, Boscoreale, Oplontis, Stabiae, Longola.
Pompeii - World History Encyclopedia
Mar 21, 2018 · Pompeii was a large Roman town in Campania, Italy which was buried in volcanic ash following the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Excavated in the 19th-20th century, its …
Pompeii - Excavations, Ruins, Archaeology | Britannica
4 days ago · Pompeii - Excavations, Ruins, Archaeology: The ruins at Pompeii were first discovered late in the 16th century by the architect Domenico Fontana. Herculaneum was …
The Lost City of Pompeii - National Geographic Kids
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pompeii was a bustling city located in what is now southern Italy. But in the summer of A.D. 79, the nearby Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted. It spewed smoke and …
Ancient Roman Life Preserved at Pompeii | National Geographic
On a fateful summer morning in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius buried the vibrant Roman city of Pompeii—and many of its citizens—beneath tons of volcanic ash and debris.
Did anyone survive Pompeii? - National Geographic
Feb 23, 2024 · Archaeologists have found the remains of more than a thousand Pompeii residents who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius—and these plaster casts of their ash-preserved …