When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the stunning details of Pompeii, preserved under lava and ash, set the final moments of Pompeii. From public buildings and private homes decorated with fine mosaics and murals to carbonized food and the remains of people buried in ruins, hundreds of years of excavations have uncovered a series of stories about the ruined city of Rome since the rediscovery of Pompeii in the 16th century The city's mystery.