Earthquake activity as damaging as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius bears part of the blame for the total devastation of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 A.D., new research suggests.

There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion.

Experts say the frescoes on the walls of an ancient banquet hall in Pompeii are among the finest ever found in the city destroyed by a volcano almost 2,000 years ago.

Dr. Ausilia Trapani is an archaeologist at the Applied Research Laboratory at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. As I saw the images—the first time in 2,000 years that anyone had laid eyes on ...