NITEROI, Brazil -- A Brazilian hiker who died after falling from the ridge of a volcano in Indonesia was buried on Friday in ...

Excavations of Pompeii continue today, telling stories of the way people lived almost two thousand years ago. One story tells ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Archeological excavations of Pompeii continue to shed light on the daily lives of ancient Romans.

A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...

The "Ringed Lady" of Herculaneum is one of the most important discoveries from the ancient city that was buried by the ...

There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion. Bridgeman via Getty Images Many simply grabbed what they could and ran for the coast in ...

It was obliterated when Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24, 79 AD, spewing volcanic ash, toxic gases, and pyroclastic flows that suffocated and buried the city’s inhabitants.

Rare, centuries-old Roman paintings were uncovered in the ruins of Pompeii. The frescoes were found in a dining room in the ruined city buried under ash after a catastrophic volcanic eruption in ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79 ...

HISTORIANS have mapped out a minute-by-minute account of the final moments of Pompeii – as gas and ash transformed locals into glass. A staggering 16,000 people were buried during one of the … ...

In 79 CE, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 20 feet of ash, preserving amazing details about daily life in the Roman Empire.