Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 transformed one unfortunate victim’s brain into organic glass.

When an ancient Roman resident of the coastal city Herculaneum was struck down by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, what ...

The deposits recorded dramatic, increasingly violent pulses from the volcano. At noon on Day 1, Vesuvius began to eject a plume of rocky volcanic fragments and gas into the air, known as an ...

Redesigning the contours of the national evacuation plan to prevent the risk of an uncontrolled exodus. A flight from the ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

has proposed that this so-called pyroclastic density current was the third of 17 that spewed from Vesuvius. Pulses of colder volcanic debris followed, engulfing the area. “The residents of ...

CIT captures the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in breathtaking detail with its new Cook Islands $20 “Lost City – ...

The extreme and rapid nature of Mount Vesuvius' pyroclastic flows vitrified the brain tissue of the unfortunate Roman soldier thousands of years ago.

A stunning fresco discovered in Pompeii depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and Leda, the Greek mythical queen ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.

An exhibition at Universal Creative Park in Beijing, titled "The Last Days of Pompeii," allows audiences to experience the ...

You've probably heard of Pompeii. That long-lost, ancient city, destroyed by one of the most devastating volcanic eruptions ...