The Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) is a massive volcanic area located near Naples. This supervolcano is one of the most ...

"Pompeii" at the National Museum of Australia brings together 90 artifacts and a recreation of Vesuvius's eruption.

Officials at the dangerously beloved Archaeological Park of Pompeii are sticking by Pliny the Younger’s date for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The latest entry in their ongoing e-journal ...

And perhaps none of the other narratives meant to illuminate who perished together in the ancient eruption of Mount Vesuvius are correct—according to a new DNA analysis of their skeletal remains.

Pompeii: Inside a Lost City at the National Museum of Australia depicts life in the flourishing Roman city of Pompeii before ...

From deciphering burnt Roman scrolls to reading crumbling cuneiform tablets, neural networks could give researchers more data ...

POMPEII, ITALY—It has traditionally been accepted by most scholars that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the southern Italian city of Pompeii and many of its neighbors happened on ...

Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades is under threat from the Palisades Fire as smoke shrouds the historic Romanesque ...

For a comprehensive look at the effects of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius—and to lessen the crowds at Pompeii itself—visitors ...

The "Ringed Lady" of Herculaneum is one of the most important discoveries from the ancient city that was buried by the ...

A recent report from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii reignited the long-standing debate over the exact date of Mount Vesuvius's catastrophic eruption that buried the ancient city. The report ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...