Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. When Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, volcanic debris buried Pompeii and created a city forever frozen in time. Researchers consider the doomed metropolis to be one of the… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. When Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, volcanic debris buried Pompeii and created a city forever frozen in time. Researchers consider the doomed metropolis to be one of the… Read More »
The original explorers destroyed parts of the frescoes as they passed through the walls – VICTOR SOKOLOWICZ Tomb raiders once dug through layers of ash and pumice stone, relentlessly searching for ancient treasures by candlelight. Now archaeologists have uncovered tunnels used by early explorers of the Roman city of Pompeii, which, centuries later, was protected… Read More »