Lost cities buried beneath volcanic rock — and frozen in time

Lost cities buried beneath volcanic rock — and frozen in time

Lost cities buried beneath volcanic rock are some of the most unusual discoveries in archaeology. They didn’t fall apart slowly. They didn’t fade over centuries. These cities were buried all at once, under ash, in the middle of ordinary life. It’s easy to think of volcanoes only as forces of destruction. But sometimes, they do […] The post Lost cities buried beneath volcanic rock — and frozen in time appeared first on Curiosmos.