Black 'rock' from AD 79 Italy eruption is part of exploded brain
It looks like a piece of rock - black, shiny and unexceptional.
Archaeology
Jan 23, 2020
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News tagged with mount vesuvius
Bacteria may travel thousands of miles through the air globally
Bacteria may travel thousands of miles through the air worldwide instead of hitching rides with people and animals, according to Rutgers and other scientists. Their "air bridge" hypothesis could shed light on how harmful ...
Ecology
Mar 25, 2019
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New Pompeii evidence rewrites Vesuvius eruption history
A newly-discovered inscription at Pompeii proves the city was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius after October 17, 79 AD and not on August 24 as previously thought, archeologists said Tuesday.
Archaeology
Oct 16, 2018
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Sediments in Gulf of Naples reveal impact on Roman water distribution after Vesuvius eruption
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from France, the U.S., the U.K. and Italy has found evidence of disruptions to the water delivery system in the area around Naples after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD ...
Latrines, sewers show varied ancient Roman diet
Archaeologists picking through latrines, sewers, cesspits and trash dumps at Pompeii and Herculaneum have found tantalizing clues to an apparently varied diet there before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed those Roman ...
Archaeology
Nov 14, 2014
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Chilean eruption highlights risk from 'rhyolitic' volcanoes
Magma from a Chilean volcano shot through Earth's crust at around a metre (3.25 feet) per second, a speed highlighting the perils from so-called rhyolitic volcanoes, scientists reported on Wednesday.
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2009
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AI will let us read 'lost' ancient works in the library at Herculaneum for the first time
On 19 October 1752, a discovery was made 20 meters underneath the town of Resina, near Naples in Italy. Peasants digging wells in the area around Mount Vesuvius had struck marble statuary and mosaic pavements—and they also ...
Archaeology
Feb 16, 2024
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A string of volcanic tremors raises fears of mass evacuations in Italy
Hundreds of small tremors have shaken a densely populated volcanic area west of the Italian city of Naples in recent weeks, pushing the government to quickly redraft mass evacuation plans, even though experts don't see an ...
Environment
Oct 3, 2023
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Birth of Mexican volcano inspires scientists 80 years later
The ground is still hot atop the crater of Paricutin—the first volcano of its kind to have its full life cycle documented by modern science when it erupted 80 years ago.
Environment
Mar 1, 2023
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Dig at Italy's Pompeii volcanic site yields 5 skeletons
Italian news agency ANSA says new excavations in the ancient buried city of Pompeii have yielded the undisturbed skeletons of people who took refuge from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D.79.
Archaeology
Oct 24, 2018
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