In 79 AD, Pompeii is alive with noise, commerce, and spectacle - until Mount Vesuvius turns an ordinary day into a catastrophe. We move through the amphitheater, the forum, and the homes of rich and ...

Captivating and eerie yet hauntingly beautiful, this ancient Italian city is frozen in time — and it really is fascinating to ...

This place was unbelievable with a feeling of foreboding, but I'd go back again as it was truly fascinating - and not packed ...

A market miles away from Vesuvius may have saved the lives of many who would have otherwise been in the volcano’s path of ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the people of Pompeii died in one of history’s most infamous natural disasters. For ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the ...

Actor Jackie Chan has carried the Olympic torch through the ruins of Pompeii during the relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games. The day’s route also passed along the picturesque Amalfi ...

When the a.d. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius blanketed the southern Italian city of Pompeii in layers of volcanic debris, it preserved the bodies of many individuals who had perished. Since ...

PHOENIX — Pompeii: The Exhibition, a traveling show, is set to return to the Arizona Science Center on Saturday and transport visitors to just hours before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius left the city ...

Scientists use DNA samples to find out more about those killed in Vesuvius eruption ...

There must be a certain level of anxiety that comes with living in Naples, in the shadow of Vesuvius. It’s not just that it’s an active volcano that can blow its top at any minute, but also that it’s ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius around 2000 years ago caused one man’s brain to explode and turned the fragments to glass. The discovery is the only known instance of soft tissue turning to glass and ...