The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius obliterated Pompeii in 79 CE, but the Roman city didn’t remain a lifeless disaster zone for long. According to new research published in the E-Journal of the ...

Some residents who couldn't afford to resettle elsewhere returned to the city, where they occupied the upper floors of ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius​, with all hiking routes up ...

Archaeologists believe survivors were joined by others looking for a place to settle and hoping to find valuable items left ...

The latest feature by the Venice Golden Lion winner was lensed for over three years at Pompeii and communities around the ...

New excavations in Pompeii's Insula Meridionalis quarter have confirmed long-held suspicions that people returned to the ancient Roman city after the volcanic eruption in A.D. 79.

The ancient Romans were unaware of the massive danger posed by a volcano in their midst, so when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, thousands of people scrambled to escape several small seaside ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that four people, including a child, in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii used furniture to block a bedroom door and shield themselves from the ...

A man survived a fall into Mount Vesuvius in Italy after reportedly trying to take a selfie. The tourist, who is from Maryland, hiked up to the top of the 4,000-foot-high volcano.

The final nail in Pompeii’s coffin? Possibly yet another volcanic event at Mount Vesuvius known as the Pollena eruption of 472 CE.