Located in Sicily, Mount Etna is Europe's most active volcano. Yet its origin remains largely enigmatic, as no existing ...

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than 80 percent of our planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. Their explosive force crafts mountains ...

Naples is not a city one simply visits. It is a city one experiences—intensely, imperfectly, and deeply. Long after one has left, it lingers not as a neatly framed memory, but as a feeling: vivid, ...

Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...

Four of the original ancient Herculaneum papyri, scrolls buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., are on display ...

Brought back to the Valley by popular demand, “Pompeii — The Exhibition” closes at the Arizona Science Center on Sunday, ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum situated near the active volcano under thick layers of ash, pumice, and volcanic mud. Two thirds of the UNESCO ...

Scholars from around the world gathered to explore how AI and digital imaging are transforming the study of the Herculaneum ...

In 1906, a major eruption of Mount Vesuvius caused hundreds of deaths. Let's revisit those dramatic days through the ...

Four of the original, carbonized papyri buried in Herculaneum after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius were on display at Utah ...

LONG before Pompeii’s residents were killed by molten rock blasting from Mount Vesuvius they faced another fast-moving threat ...