Stromboli, Etna, and Vesuvius are the three most legendary active volcanoes in Italy. You can visit them, but there are a few ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

The "Ringed Lady" of Herculaneum is one of the most important discoveries from the ancient city that was buried by the ...

An expert said there could be more scrolls out there as artificial intelligence and other new technology helps to decipher ...

The opening of Herculaneum’s restored beach lets visitors experience Roman life firsthand, immersing them in an ancient culture. The post You can now visit this Ancient Roman beach destroyed by ...

Herculaneum beach destroyed by Mount Vesuvius reopens centuries later The beach at Herculaneum is believed to be where some 300 people died while waiting for boats to save them from the volcanic ...

In the ruins of Herculaneum, an Ancient Roman city on the west coast of Italy that was buried by Mount Vesuvius's catastrophic eruption in 79 A.D., researchers made a startling discovery: a human ...

The remains of ancient Herculaneum with Mount Vesuvius in the background. PierPaolo Petrone "A cerebral and spinal material like this, vitrified, not only has never been found in any other of the ...

Burnt to a crisp by lava from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the reams of rolled-up papyrus were discovered in a mansion in Herculaneum — an ancient Roman town near Pompeii — in the mid-18th century.

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark fragments ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number ... hot ash cloud hit Herculaneum during the night when Pompeii was still under the ...