On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., thousands died and the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy.

August 23rd and 24th stand out in history as days marked by pivotal moments that shaped the course of global events.Arguably ...

European Space Agency released stunning images of volcanoes taken from space. These images include Mount Vesuvius in Italy ...

Ceramic artifacts and a bread oven made from repurposed materials show how survivors of the Mount Vesuvius eruption returned ...

Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius​, with all hiking routes up ...

"According to tradition, on 24 August in the year 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted in one of history's most famous natural ...

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 is one of the most catastrophic volcanic events in history, having famously destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum lying in its foothills.

The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius obliterated Pompeii in 79 CE, but the Roman city didn’t remain a lifeless disaster ...

The Roman city of Pompeii was devastated following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Pompeii was quickly buried by volcanic ash, killing about 2,000 of the city’s residents, according to ...

New excavations at Pompeii reveal that the city was reinhabited by survivors for centuries after the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption.

New excavations in Pompeii's Insula Meridionalis quarter have confirmed long-held suspicions that people returned to the ancient Roman city after the volcanic eruption in A.D. 79.

Archaeologists have discovered new evidence indicating the reoccupation of Pompeii following the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which left the city ...