Echoes of Ash

On a beach near Naples in October 79 CE, more than three hundred people were standing on a beach, hoping for an evacuation. Vesuvius – a volcano which needs no introduction in the world of Ancient Rome – erupted. They had left it too late, and were all instantly killed in the devastation that followed. Neighbouring the world-renowned Pompeii, the town of Herculaneum is the neglected victim of Vesu...