Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're reading it.

According to scholars, the Herculaneum Scrolls have remained one of the ancient world's many tantalizing mysteries for nearly ...

Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption took place in AD 79. But more than 2,000 years before this, the volcano suffered an even ...

Mount Tambora, an imposing stratovolcano that before 1815 reached an altitude of more than 4,300 meters, was the scene of the ...

Dara Ó Briain is to present a new TV documentary about volcanoes. The two-part series will air on Channel 5, for which the comedian has previously fronted shows about the Sun, the Moon and pyramids.

Volcanic wines are those which don’t pander, don’t flatter, and don’t care if you like them, says Douglas Blyde — they’re the ...

The disaster began midday on August 24 or October 24, 79 CE, when Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a cloud of volcanic fragments and gas into the air.

This week, a new analysis puts into question if the COVID-19 lockdowns really did affect the temperature of the Moon, the ...

When Lily Withycombe visited the Australian Museum in 1995 to see an exhibition on Pompeii, she had an epiphany.

Archeologists at the site of Pompeii's volcanic eruption, which devastated the Roman ... Then, from 2pm, pumice, a rock formed when lava solidifies, rained down. The debris eventually measured ...