Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic rocks, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious threats to nearby communities and global climates. Mount Vesuvius is notorious for ...

The desperate final moments of a family caught in the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD have been discovered, offering a sobering reminder of the human cost behind one of antiquity’s ...

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Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

In the ancient city of Pompeii, which was preserved under a blanket of ash and smoke from the Mount Vesuvius volcano eruption in 79 A.D., archaeologists have uncovered a banquet room decorated with ...

Many are familiar with the story of Mount Vesuvius' explosive introduction into history in 79 A.D., and if not, what volcanic ...

Scientists have dug up a paleontological "Pompeii," one preserving not an unprecedented snapshot of Roman life but of the bizarre world of 512 million years ago. The site has revealed entirely unknown ...

Last week, the House of the Gladiators in world-famous Pompeii collapsed, setting off fresh debate about whether the World Heritage Site is being neglected. The collapse was "thanks to some ...

Iceland became the focus of many this past week as one of its many volcanoes erupted. Photos and videos mesmerize as they show fountains of lava spewing from the ground and thick plumes of smoke ...