"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...

Scientists sampled tiny bone fragments sealed inside several Pompeii casts and tested DNA and isotopes to ask, and answer, ...

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic showpieces, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious ...

Italy's Pompeii is the stuff of legend, conjuring images of humans huddled or sprawled as if in torment, forever encased in the massive cloud of hot ash from nearby Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in 79 ...

The seat is across from the entrance to the Villa of the Mysteries, a large property full of beautiful frescoes located just ...

A mechanical artwork designed in 1775 to depict the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius has been brought to life for the first time — 250 years after it was conceived — thanks to modern technology and ...

An ancient garden in Pompeii has been reconstructed with thousands of historically accurate plants — breathing new life into a once-thriving Roman sanctuary. The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced ...

From Italy's Vesuvius to Indonesia's Krakatoa, the European Space Agency (ESA) has shared stunning images of volcanoes taken from space. In a post on Instagram, the space agency wrote, "We live on an ...

In Italy, a super volcano outside of Naples is stirring in a way it hasn't for centuries. And hundreds of thousands of people live right by it.

A volcano that has been active in recent years erupted again on Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday, according to the U.S.