Mount Vesuvius is still active today ... The last one took place nearly 2,000 years ago, so another hot lava disaster may be due soon.

VICTIMS of the 79AD Mount Vesuvius eruption died when extreme heat caused their blood to boil and their heads to explode, experts say. Researchers said some of the victims who died were trapped in ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79 ... An administrator and poet called Pliny the younger watched the disaster unfold from a distance. He said that a column of smoke 'like an umbrella ...

The excavation northeast of Mount Vesuvius also revealed ... by the eruption indicates that the 79 AD disaster inflicted greater damage on Vesuvius’s northern side than researchers previously ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79 ... An administrator and poet called Pliny the younger watched the disaster unfold from a distance. He said that a column of smoke 'like an umbrella ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery near Mount Vesuvius that provides fascinating new insights into the Roman era. A dig at Somma Vesuviana, an 11-mile drive from Naples ...

"Excavations around Mount Vesuvius have been ongoing since the ... resilience and rebuilding efforts of the people following the disaster of A.D. 79 in the area of Somma Vesuviana, unlike Pompeii ...

The ruins of a Roman villa near Mount Vesuvius, discovered under the remnants of another villa built above it many years later, may have been where Augustus, the first Roman emperor, drew his last ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

Headline:Cincinnatians can now experience the sights, sounds and sensations of the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius that ...