Vesuvius
Exhibitionspreview
Meet the painters of Pompeii: new exhibition brings fresh insights to the Roman frescoes
Bologna show looks beyond the paintings, preserved by the ash of Mount Vesuvius, to explore Roman society
Pompeiinews
Scientists say heat from Mount Vesuvius turned a victim’s brain into glass
The black glassy material was found inside the skull of a 25-year-old caretaker of an imperial building in Herculaneum, who was probably asleep at the time of the eruption