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Pompeii comes to Australia, and ancient and contemporary stories of disaster and loss converge

Pompeii: Inside a Lost City at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra depicts life in the flourishing Roman city of Pompeii before it was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

The Conversation

Earthquakes, Not Just Volcanic Ash, A Pompeii Killer: Research

Victims who perished in Pompeii after the devastating 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have been killed by a simultaneous earthquake, according to new research published on Thursday.

International Business Times

British tourist, 56, dies of suspected heart attack on Mount Vesuvius amid Italy heatwave

Heatwave in southern Europe has also resulted in deaths of six tourists in Greece, with ongoing searches for three missing people on the Greek islands

The Independent UK

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British man dies of suspected heart attack on Mount Vesuvius in heatwave

The 56-year-old tourist was visiting the volcano near Naples with his family as temperatures in Italy reached 40C

The Guardian - UK

Villa near Mount Vesuvius may be where Augustus, Rome's 1st emperor, died

Researchers say a villa buried by the eruption in A.D. 79 corresponds with records of the Roman emperor's death in A.D. 14.

LiveScience

Volcanic: Vesuvius in the Age of Revolutions by John Brewer review – seismic social history

A lively account of the poets, artists and tourists who trooped up the mountain during a period of immense societal change

The Guardian - UK

Researchers use AI to decipher word on ancient scroll charred by Mount Vesuvius

The sole copy of the scrolls was hidden underground for nearly two thousand years beneath 20 metres of volcanic mud

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The last days of ‘Pompeii’? Not until January after MSI extends exhibition

The move lets more visitors see the show, now expanded with additional pieces buried more than 2,000 years ago in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘One day it will just go off’: are Naples’ volcanic craters about to blow?

Campi Flegrei, a constellation of ancient craters in the south of Italy, is more active than Vesuvius, and residents live with daily tremors

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Flashes of life as a storm comes our way

Sorrento, Italy: A hornet scoots through thistley plumes and wall-lizards defy gravity. Behind it all, Vesuvius looks ready to blow

The Guardian - UK

Green lasers reveal you should close the toilet lid before you flush

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have confirmed what the germ-phobic among us have long suspected: The flush of a commercial toilet releases a Vesuvius-like cloud of tiny droplets and aerosol particles that reaches more than 5 feet above the seat.

Los Angeles Times

Vesuvius eruption: Scientists map out destruction with 200,000 people living in red zone

Experts have mapped out evacuation plans if ever there is another huge eruption at Mount Vesuvius. Some studies suggest the next eruption could be hundreds of years away, but volcanoes can be unpredictable

Daily Mirror

A U.S. tourist is rescued after falling into a crater in Italy's Mount Vesuvius

The tourist and relatives were cited by local police because they went off the authorized path to get closer to the crater, apparently to take a selfie, according to news reports.

WEKU

US tourist falls into crater of Mount Vesuvius, is rescued

An American tourist had to be rescued on Mount Vesuvius near Naples after he apparently slipped into the volcano’s crater while trying to recover his dropped cellphone

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Daily Mirror

Tourist, 23, shows off bloody injuries after he survives horror fall into Mt Vesuvius

The 23-year-old American fell into the famous volcano when he and three relatives were walking along a “forbidden route” on the mountain in the Italian city of Naples

The Independent UK

Tourist falls into Mount Vesuvius while taking a selfie

Man fell 15 metres into the gaping hole, but risked a further fall of 300 metres

Asharq Al-Awsat

Selfie Craze Pushes Tourist into Volcano Crater

A US tourist faces charges for entering forbidden area, to the crater of Mount Vesuvius, towering the city of Naples, in southern Italy. According to The Guardian, the tourist sustained minor injuries after he fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius as he scrambled to retrieve his phone, which fell…

The Independent UK

American tourist injured after falling into Mount Vesuvius after selfie gone wrong

The 23-year-old and family face charges for taking banned route to summit

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The Guardian - UK

US tourist injured falling into Mount Vesuvius crater after taking selfie

Man, 23, was trying to retrieve mobile phone and he and his family now face charges for entering forbidden area

Inverse

Ancient Roman man lived in agony before Vesuvius eruption killed him — DNA analysis

The first genome sequencing study of an individual found in the ruins of Pompeii yields fresh genetic insights into the fabric of ancient Roman society.

AFP

Gianluigi Donnarumma: From the foot of Vesuvius to the world at his feet

Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) (AFP) - Gianluigi Donnarumma could complete a journey which will take him from the foot of Mount Vesuvius to one of the temples of football when Paris Saint-Germain walk out at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday to defend their slender lead over Real Madrid.

The Independent UK

Pompeii: Rebirth of Italy’s dead city that nearly died again

Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, is experiencing a kind of rebirth

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