Since Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, burying the city of Pompeii, it has been frozen in time.
But now, more secrets behind the ancient Roman city are being revealed with the help of new technologies in Science Channel’s Lost World of Pompeii Pompeii is a delicately conserved attraction that is under constant threat from the wears and tear of extensive tourism, the specter of landslides and the possibility of another devastating eruption from Mount Vesuvius.