While most of us associate the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 with Pompeii, a new study has revealed the devastating impact the event had on inhabitants of another nearby settlement, called Herculaneum. Researchers have found evidence that 'pyroclastic currents' – hot and fast-moving flows of gas and volcanic particles – hit the small Roman town. The first to hit, estimated to be 1,022°F (550°C), vapourised inhabitants within minutes, while
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