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

To get a clearer picture of what everyday life in ancient Rome was really like, visit the well-preserved (and unlucky) city ...

POMPEII, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) – A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago. It’s ...

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in ... our list of the best Italy tours to view traveler ...

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

(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 ... what’s now Italy’s Campania ...

At Pompeii, now an archaeological park in which visitors can learn about the victims of the Vesuvius eruption, tourists flock to the attraction - one of ... AD after several volcanic eruptions.

FILE - A view of Pompeii, a buried and ruined Roman city near modern Naples in Italy, is seen in 1979 ... of the estimated 3,000 victims — were perfectly preserved after the eruption. "We want to ...

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 ...

More than 90 artefacts from the lost city of Pompeii are set to go on show ... Roman city before and after it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. The tragic story of Pompeii, the Roman city ...