It would appear that Italian people have a thing for constructing their cities inside or very close to active or dormant volcanoes. This is known for Vesuvius, the mountain that buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, which is located six miles (nine kilometers) away from Naples. Nearly three million peop... |
10 November 2009
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Around 79 AD, the eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius, in the central part of Italy, buried the twin cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under 60 feet of ash and pumice. It all happened within the course of two days, but most victims were recorded during the first day. However, despite the massive devastation, from ... |
25 May 2009
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A team of Italian volcanologists from the University of Naples Federico II, comprised of Claudio Scarpati, Giuseppe Luongo and Annamaria Perrotta, have managed to use the latest techniques in order to render a pretty accurate image of the final hours in the life of a Pompeii-based house during the eruption of mount V... |
12 December 2008
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Scientists from Italy and France say that Vesuvius, the Italian volcano that transformed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae into graveyards in 79 AD shows signs of doing the same soon. Contrary to what most people believe, a volcano is not just the conic mountain that spits lava and ash toward... |
11 September 2008
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