Lifting an earthenware mortar above your head to protect yourself from the rain of fire. It's an instinctive, desperate, almost primordial gesture. It was one of the last acts performed by a man ...
Pompeii is often thought of as an undisturbed time capsule, a once-bustling port that fell silent after Mount Vesuvius erupted and blanketed the ancient Roman city with a thick layer of ash in AD 79. ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount Vesuvius can be seen from the Gulf of Naples on Italy's southwest coast. - Paolo Verzone/National Geographic Pompeii is ...