In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

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"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris ... who was also known as Zagreus, lord of wild animals." With little warning, the stratovolcano erupted about 5 miles outside the Roman ...

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Robert Cadger, 47, was last seen on Monday, March 10, after he visited the historic archaeological site, Pompeii, during a getaway to Naples. The labourer from Menstrie, Clackmannanshire ...