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, ...

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as ...

The scrolls were discovered in 1752 at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, located about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Pompeii. This magnificent villa likely belonged to Lucius Calpurnius Piso ...

An ancient beach that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago has reopened to the public after restoration works. The beach at the Herculaneum archaeological park is ...

Stoke-on-Trent cyclist Phil James bumped into The Jam's Paul Weller on the streets of Sorrento and they shared their sober ...

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 ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, the volcano's molten rock, scorching debris and poisonous gases killed nearly 2,000 people in the nearby ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. But ...

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 ...

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 ...