Have there ever been cities that have disappeared because of a volcanic eruption? By Owen

On the 24th of August, 79 A.D. lava and ash came out of Mt. Vesuvins covering towns of Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum.  Mt. Vesuvins killed around 3,000 people and 20,000 people were injured.  Some of the Pompeii people survived because they were farther away from the eruption.  The Roman towns in the Bay of Naples were buried in lava and forgotten for more than 1600 years.  Pompeii is about 8km (5.0mi) away from Mount Vesuvius.  Pompeii covered a total of 163 acres and was a major city.  The town was founded around the 6th-7th century BC.  The town of Pompeii became an important passage for goods that arrived by sea and had to be sent towards Rome or southern Italy along the nearby Appian way.  Pompeii has been a tourist destination for over 250 years.  Pompeii has approximately 2.5 million

visitors a year.