Horses Found in Pompeii May Have Been Harnessed to Flee Eruption Several horses recently discovered in a 2,000-year-old stable appear frozen in a failed flight to safety from the eruption of Vesuvius.

A LEGACY OF DISASTERS. Pompeii has been a byword for catastrophe since 79 A.D., when nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing most of the city’s inhabitants. After serious excavations began ...

It came around 7:30 am and crashed into Pompeii at over 200 mph with temperatures now exceeding 300°C. It was certain death in a fraction of a second for every living thing that resided in Pompeii at ...

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