Frescoes and fast-food joints are just a few of the latest discoveries, but a small piece of graffiti is making scholars rethink the date of Pompeii's ruin.
Gareth Harris
Dubbed the“Pompeii of the Aegean,”the town was buried under thick layers of volcanic ash following the eruption of the Thera volcano, c. 1600 BC, similar to the ancient Roman town of Pompeii in Italy. Tephra deposits from this cataclysmic eruption, referred to as the “Minoan eruption” ...