But Vesuvius was an active volcano, and within twenty-four hours of its eruption, the city was destroyed.
The most unexpected and extraordinary discovery? The imprints of Pompeiians, their deaths captured as if by photographic images in volcanic ash..
Hundreds of years later, archaeologists unearthed what was buried under the rubble.
But Vesuvius was an active volcano, and within twenty-four hours of its eruption, the city was destroyed