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

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

Describing the paintings of people and animals as having “elegant forms ... which was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in AD 79 but preserved under layers of ash. Though tiny and lacking some ...

It may be an archaeologist’s job to unearth astounding discoveries, but every year some people just have an extraordinarily ...

It’s long been an event that’s fascinated the world for centuries – the catastrophic volcanic eruption that destroyed the city of Pompeii. Pompeii is a blockbuster ... Crafted from the remains of ...

Included in the exhibition are reconstructions of streets and houses in Pompeii as well as replica casts of those who perished in the eruption, including three adults, a young child and a dog.

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of ...

A large volcano in the central Philippines erupted today (Dec. 9) at 3:03 p.m. local time, spouting a column of ash and gas up to 1.86 miles (3 kilometers) into the sky, according to the ...

In a statement, PHIVOLCS representatives warned the volcano "may progress to further explosive eruptions." The Kanlaon volcano is one of two dozen active volcanoes in the Philippines and is located in ...

“It sounded like a cannon,” Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas of Canlaon city, which lies southeast of the volcano, told The Associated Press by telephone. “There have been quiet eruptions ...

Volcanoes also produce distinct biological niches. Many organisms may die during volcanic eruptions, yet surprisingly many species have evolved to survive in these harsh conditions. Limpet ...