Pompeii - August 24, 79 AD (Recreated with AI) On August 24, 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, devastating the city of Pompeii. Within hours, a thick layer of volcanic ash and pumice buried the city, trapping its people and preserving their final moments. The suffocating heat and toxic gases left no chance for escape. Centuries later, archaeologists uncovered hollow spaces in the hardened ash—voids left by decomposed bodies. By filling these spaces with plaster, they created casts of the victims, c