When the residents of Pompeii died in a shower of hot ash and rocks erupting from Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the volcanic material ...

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...

Academics have spent centuries debating over the real date on which Vesuvius decimated Pompeii. Now, the park itself has ...

"Pompeii: The Exhibition" opens Nov. 15 at Graceland, featuring a collection artifacts from the ancient Roman city that was ...

It has traditionally been accepted by most scholars that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the southern Italian ...

In 79 CE, the Somma-Vesuvius volcano system erupted in southern Italy.The earthquakes and violent eruption completely buried the inhabitants of the small Roman town of Pompeii. Volcanic ash ...

(CNN) — Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their ...

Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted early Monday on Hawaii’s Big Island, sending out glittering ...

Recent research may have reshaped our understanding of the victims of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. For centuries, archaeologists and ...

The exhibit concludes with what organizers describe as a "4D" film about Pompeii — "4D" because it includes fog effects and a vibrating floor, to suggest the volcanic eruption and the earthquake ...