Mount Vesuvius, a volcano in Italy, has erupted more than 50 times. Its most famous eruption took place in the year 79 A.D. The volcano buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under a thick carpet of volcanic ash. Two thousand people died, and the city was abandoned for almost as many years. When a group of explorers rediscovered the site in 1748, they were surprised to find Pompeii was mostly intact.
25 mind-blowing facts about the Pompeii destruction
