"Long before Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in rock and ash, the volcano
erupted in an even more powerful explosion that affected the area
occupied by present-day Naples. It left the region a desert wasteland
for centuries afterwards, a new study reports.
The so-called Avellino eruption occurred about 3,780 years ago during the Bronze Age and was at least twice as powerful as the one that smothered Pompeii and the nearby town of Herculaneum in 79 AD."
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The so-called Avellino eruption occurred about 3,780 years ago during the Bronze Age and was at least twice as powerful as the one that smothered Pompeii and the nearby town of Herculaneum in 79 AD."
More here.
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