Can we identify the survivors of Mount Vesuvius’s devastating volcanic eruption in 79 CE? The second episode of the ...

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 ...

When the first thunderous boom echoed across the plain of Campania, quickly followed by a blistering hail of volcanic rock ... "In the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, the deaths ...

According to Tedesco, there is no question the volcano will erupt again, potentially transforming Goma into a modern Pompeii ... then a ragged map of the world. The lake roared like a jet ...

The active volcano near Naples, Italy is famous for destroying several cities including Pompeii, spilling molten for two days and launching ash, gas, and rocks for almost 21 miles. Residents of ...

A three-part PBS documentary explores the revelatory recent excavations of the ancient Italian city buried by the eruption of ...

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck Italy’s Campi Flegrei super volcano Monday evening, causing mild damage in the town of ...

Night - Partly cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 56 °F (13.3 °C). Rain with a high of 67 °F (19.4 °C) and a 77% chance of precipitation ...

A women’s prison near Naples has been evacuated as a precaution following a 4.4 magnitude quake with an epicenter at an ...

Researchers have unearthed evidence that the inhabitants of Herculaneum were subjected to the full force of ‘pyroclastic currents’—a lethal mixture of gas and volcanic particles that descended upon ...

It is thought the paintings were completed just before the volcanic eruption (Picture: Reuters) After the eruption, bodies of the victims at Pompeii were famously preserved in a protective shell ...

around a third of the city is still buried under volcanic rubble. The current dig is the biggest in a generation, and seeks to reaffirm Pompeii’s status as the world’s premier window into ...