Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

While they cannot be opened due to the carbonization and other damage, their secrets are not entirely lost thanks to modern ...

T he most storied volcano on earth, Italy’s Mount Vesuvius looms above the Gulf of Naples like an unpredictable god. The story of the mountain’s 79 AD eruption that destroyed Pompeii and ...

Mount Vesuvius was made a national park in 1995, which means you can directly visit the mountain as well. The volcano is being carefully monitored by Italian authorities, which makes it pretty ...

The last time Mount Vesuvius erupted was in 1944, shortly before the end of World War 2, when 26 Italians were killed and almost 12,000 were displaced.. Though the volcano has lain quite still ...

On March 17, 1944, Mount Vesuvius erupted. For more than a week it hurled rock, spewed gases and sent an 8-foot wall of lava rolling down the mountainside. “The sound was exactly like artillery ...

Researchers who examined the remains of a man whose brain was purported to have turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2,000 years ago in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius say they have ...

The preserved ancient Roman city of Pompeii is best known for the catastrophic volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the city in 79 CE. But the discovery of two skeletons at Italy’s ...

Generally, excavations of sites buried by eruptions of Mount Vesuvius have focused on Pompeii, which is south of the volcano. Meanwhile, Somma Vesuviana to the north has not been paid as much ...

Mount Vesuvius is still active and will erupt again: Mount Vesuvius is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. Scientists believe another eruption is overdue and will be very powerful.