About half a billion years ago, a volcanic eruption near a shallow sea in what’s now Morocco preserved some of the most ...

In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted, marking one of the most destructive events in history. The stratovolcano — situated about ...

Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, is famous for its catastrophic eruption in AD 79 that buried the cities of Pompeii and ...

In the popular imagination, the volcanic eruption that buried the ancient city of Pompeii alive, in just 25 hours, is often depicted as an apocalypse with no survivors. Popular TV shows like ...

The beach currently inside the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum in southern Italy was buried, much like the rest of the ...

An ancient Roman beach that was buried by the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius reopened to the public at Herculaneum archaeological park in Ercolano, southern Italy, on Wednesday. (Emanuele ...

A study conducted as part of a scientific collaboration agreement between the National Institute of Geophysics and ...

An ancient beach that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago has reopened to the public after restoration works. The beach at the Herculaneum archaeological park is ...

The nearly 9,000 inhabitants of Nicolosi on the island of Sicily were preparing to evacuate the town in 2001. A fissure had ...

could a few well-placed bombs start Etna and Vesuvius erupting? Dr. Gerald F. Loughlin, chief geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey, gave the answer: “No.” Reporting to his volcanic boss ...