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

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

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

Footprints from people and animals feeling the eruption of Vesuvius in 1995 B.C. were recently discovered in a town near ...

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

Archaeologists believe survivors were joined by others looking for a place to settle and hoping to find valuable items left ...

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

New excavations at Pompeii show people rebuilt out of the city's ruins after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E.

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

In A.D. 79, a man who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption near Pompeii had a rare transformation: His brain seemingly turned ...

The Saint Louis Science Center will host Eruption Week to explore Pompeii's history from August 22-24.