A buried seaside villa near Naples has yielded a painted room where frescoes show herons striding across black and red walls, ...

Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding ...

Most webcams used by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory take a snapshot every few minutes to conserve bandwidth, but three webcams are currently “livestreaming” — meaning they transmit real-time ...

Environmental geologist Silvana Di Giuseppe, representative of the Italian Society of Environmental Geology (SIGEA), was recently appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii recently identified 2,000-year-old love notes — a discovery only made because of advanced technology.

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 ...

We may know Pompeii for its destruction, but this intricate 3D rendering brings to life what a bustling city it once was ...

Hot-mixed Roman concrete used quicklime “healing” clasts that seal cracks over time, explaining Pompeii’s long‑lasting ...

From Tracey Emin’s biggest show ever at Tate Modern to a buffet of world-beating photography exhibitions, Britain’s ...

Across history, some of the world’s most advanced cities have vanished beneath ash, mud, water, and sediment. Unlike cities destroyed by war, these were overwhelmed by forces far beyond human control, ...

Amid the remains of a sumptuous villa near Pompeii, the hard-hatted conservationist scraped away centuries-old ash to reveal a vibrant red fresco.

Thanks to its location virtually on our doorstep, the Mediterranean is a perennial favourite of British cruisers. Stretching 2,500 miles from west to east, it is encircled by three continents and has ...