Europe’s tallest volcano, Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, began erupting on Tuesday in an impressive lava flow emerging ...

An entire block of Pompeii has now been uncovered, revealing a laundry and bakery, as well as the large private house. It's ...

By the famous eruption of AD79, prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were ... rock formed when a gas-rich froth of glassy lava solidifies rapidly) and a pyroclastic surge (a ...

ROME (AP) — Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse ... two villas and the bones of three people who died during the ...

Once Vesuvius erupted, there was no escape for the residents of Pompeii, whose last hours on earth were nothing short of terrifying.

ROME — (AP) — Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD ... bones of three people who died during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed both the ...

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new ... bones of three people who died during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed the ancient ...

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

After the eruption, bodies of the victims at Pompeii were famously preserved in ... They are more dangerous than lava because they travel faster, at speeds of around 450mph (700 km/h), and at ...

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 ...

Archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD ... bones of three people who died during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed both the ...

A thick layer of volcanic mud preserved Pompeii as it was in 79 CE, offering a unique glimpse into life in the Roman Empire.