When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the people of Pompeii died in one of history’s most infamous natural disasters. For ...

A study found some Pompeii victims died while wearing wool, complicating the eruption date of Mount Vesuvius, long believed ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly when it took place.

Archaeologists excavating a villa destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted have unearthed magnificent frescoes that illuminate the ancient society's culture.

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, the volcano's molten rock, scorching debris and poisonous gases killed nearly 2,000 people in the nearby ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. But ...

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...

Archaeologists at a Pompeii site buried by the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius have uncovered evidence of ancient Roman ...

An ancient fresco portraying an ancient Greek myth discovered in Pompeii in 2018 is one of the highlights of the ruins of the ...

Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists. The national fire service said it ...

Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists. The national fire service said it ...