On August 24th 79, Mount Vesuvius near Pompeii, Italy, began to erupt; within the next 25 hours, it wiped out the entire town. Hundreds of years later, archaeologists excavated Pompeii and found everything and everyone that had been there that day perfectly preserved by the volcano's ash. Pompeii, about 90 miles south of Rome, was … Continue reading August 24 79 Eruption of Mount Vesuvius