Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...

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 ...

Around 20,000 people lived in Pompeii on the eve of the Mount Vesuvius eruption. Only a handful continued trying to live there afterwards. The Emperor Titus attempted but failed to revive Pompeii and ...

The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever frozen under ...

Italy’s volcanoes are waking up, and scientists warn that the next eruption could be far more devastating than Pompeii. Mount ...

Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins. Despite the massive destruction suffered by ...

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 ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — Pompeii: The Exhibition, a traveling show, is set to return to the Arizona Science Center on Saturday and transport visitors to just hours before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius left the city ...