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Mount Vesuvius

  1. Volcano , in southwestern Italy on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea .


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One of its earliest recorded eruptions, in a.d. 79, buried Pompeii , Herculaneum, and Stabiae under cinders, ash, and mud.
It is the only active volcano on the mainland of Europe . (Another, Mount Etna, is on the island of Sicily .)
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The document, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD and is too fragile to ever be physically opened.

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Analysis of two skeletons discovered in the house also shows the horror faced by Pompeii's inhabitants when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79.

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As early as 1908, the International Olympic Committee wanted Rome as host but shifted to London after Mount Vesuvius erupted, devastating the nearby province of Naples.

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Pompeii, the Roman city buried in an eruption from nearby Mount Vesuvius in AD79, is one of the best-preserved Roman sites anywhere in the world.

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Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the Roman city famously buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79.

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