Earthquakes, not just volcanic ash, a Pompeii killer: research
Friday, 19 July 2024 ()
Rome (AFP) July 18, 2024
Victims who perished in Pompeii after the devastating 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have been killed by a simultaneous earthquake, according to new research published on Thursday. Scholars have debated for decades whether seismic activity occurred during the eruption of Vesuvius in southern Italy nearly 2,000 years ago, and not just before it, as reported by Pliny the Younger, an auth
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