A man survived a fall into Mount Vesuvius in Italy after reportedly trying to take a selfie. The tourist, who is from Maryland, hiked up to the top of the 4,000-foot-high volcano with his family, ...

Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists. The national fire service said it ...

Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists. The national fire service said it ...

The fire can be seen on the slopes of Mt Vesuvius near Naples - Cesare Abbate/EPA/Shutterstock An “apocalyptic” wildfire on the slopes of Mt Vesuvius may have been started deliberately, the Italian ...

In 553 AD, after nearly two decades of brutal war, the Ostrogothic Kingdom made its final stand against the Eastern Roman Empire. Near Mount Vesuvius, the Gothic king Teia gathered the remnants of his ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...

Researchers examining the remains of a man whose brain supposedly turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2,000 years ago in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius said they likely know what ...