A team of engineers at the University of Melbourne in Australia have brought to life a unique piece of art depicting a ...

An 18th-century British ambassador to Italy was so fascinated by volcanoes that he designed a multimedia device to make ...

A mechanical artwork designed in 1775 to depict the eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius has been brought to life for the first ...

Explore the raw power of Earth’s fiery peaks with this mesmerizing drone video showcasing some of the world’s most active ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, the volcano's molten rock, scorching debris and poisonous gases killed nearly 2,000 people in the nearby ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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 day Vesuvius blew its top People tend to know the story of Pompeii: the ancient Roman city buried under a thick blanket of volcanic rock; its people entombed in ash, frozen in time. But less ...

An American tourist in Italy survived a fall into the crater of Mount Vesuvius after he tried to reach for his phone to take a selfie, according to Italian police and local officials. A 23-year ...

Mount Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples in Italy, pictured on Feb. 24. The volcano's eruption in A.D. 79 turned the remains of one victim’s brain into glass, Italian researchers say.