As perhaps one of the world's most iconic volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius stands as a testament to the raw power of nature, towering over the Bay of Naples in southern Italy. At a height of 4,203 feet ...

A British tourist has died while he was hiking up Mount Vesuvius after he reportedly suffered a heart attack as he was approaching the famous volcano's summit. The man has been named by Italian ...

Naples officials said the 23-year-old Baltimore man was injured after entering an unauthorized trail with family members on Saturday, per multiple reports A Maryland man has avoided serious injury ...

This story appears in the September 2007 issue of National Geographic magazine. When the first thunderous boom echoed across the plain of Campania, quickly followed by a blistering hail of ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

In February 2024, the Vesuvius Challenge named Nebraska senior Luke Farritor as one of three co-winners of its $700,000 Grand Prize for digitally deciphering at least four passages of a 2,000-year-old ...