Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

07am, the deadliest pyroclastic current struck - a nine-hour ground-hugging flow spreading scalding ... were killed instantly. As people fled Pompeii or hid in their homes, their bodies were ...

HISTORIANS have mapped out a minute-by-minute account of the final moments of Pompeii - as gas and ash transformed locals into glass. A staggering 16,000 people were buried during one of the ...

The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history, killing up to 16,000 people ... residents and buildings in Pompeii, Herculaneum and other ...

"It's these spaces that really are part of the 'Pompeii effect' — it's almost as if the people had only left a minute ago," Zuchtriegel told CBS News partner BBC News. Zuchtriegel said wealthy ...

At the time of the eruption, Pompeii was home to around 13,000 people. The ruins of the city lie about 23 kilometres southeast of Naples, and the remains of more than 1,000 victims have been found ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 4, 79AD. Picture: Archaeological Park of Pompeii Around 2000 people are believed to have been killed in Pompeii. It was home to 11,000 people and boasted a complex ...

Archeological Park of Pompeii Press Office Via AP, HO Recently, archeologists working in the same area found a bakery, a laundry shop, two villas and the bones of three people who died during the ...

two villas and the bones of three people who died during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed both the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Zuchtriegel said wealthy ...