Mt Vesuvius towering above the ruins of Pompeii. The volcano’s eruption in 79 C.E. inundated the town. Historical accounts of the disaster have now allowed scientists to recalibrate one of the most versatile dating methods, argon-argon dating. Credit: Qfl247....
Scientists discovered two skeletons in the ruins of a Pompeii building and concluded that their deaths must have been caused by wall collapses triggered by earthquakes. Credit: Pompeii Archaeological Park. Scientists think that skeletons of individuals trapped and...
