German businessman Frank Hoefer reached out to the Archeological Park of Pompeii after reading its director’s book and ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was a major volcanic disaster that buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii beneath ...

Nothing is more terrifying than a huge volcanic eruption filling the sky. Here are the top ten biggest volcanic events ever ...

Scientists used the precisely recorded 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius to recalibrate argon-argon dating, reducing uncertainty for a nearly 2,000-year-old volcanic event to just 13 years. The new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the ...

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 ...

A fragment of the organic glass found inside the skull of a Mt. Vesuvius victim. Almost 1,950 years after Mount Vesuvius erupted — leaving a trail of death and destruction that’s enthralled scientists ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting ...

Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were found in the ...

A satellite captured a remarkable image showing the summit of Mount Vesuvius peeking through a cloud blanket. NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured the image back in January 2022 ...

A temporary guide agreement at Mount Vesuvius (Vesuvio) began on 16 October 2026, changing how visitors are accompanied along ...