Step inside Pompeii and discover how new archaeological finds are reshaping its extraordinary story.
Could anyone survive Pompeii’s destruction? Tom Hiddleston leads a groundbreaking investigation into the final 24 hours of Vesuvius’s eruption, combining cutting-edge archaeology with his own intuition. He asks what really happened to the people beneath the ash — tracing a teenager, a businesswoman and a soldier as they face impossible choices in a race against time.
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In a new National Geographic docudrama series, the award-winning actor unveils the latest insights into the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. |
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It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our understanding of how ancient Romans lived and died. |
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Once thought to be unreadable, 2,000-year-old papyrus scrolls from one of antiquity’s only surviving libraries are finally spilling their secrets—and National Geographic got a first look at what they say. |
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For nearly 2,000 years they lay mute, hidden in a tomb of hardened ash. In the 1980s, National Geographic visited the scientists piecing together the victims' lives and fiery deaths. |
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The true date of the eruption has long eluded—and vexed—historians of the deadly disaster. Here’s what the archaeological evidence tells us. |
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