The deposits recorded dramatic, increasingly violent pulses from the volcano. At noon on Day 1, Vesuvius began to eject a plume of rocky volcanic fragments and gas into the air, known as an ...

Their conclusion, based on observations of modern volcanic eruptions, is that a super-heated ash cloud which dissipated quickly was the first deadly event during Vesuvius's eruption. The bones of ...

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 ...