Stromboli, Etna, and Vesuvius are the three most legendary active volcanoes in Italy. You can visit them, but there are a few ...

The south of Italy needs little introduction. Just set foot in its ports, smell the scent of lemon trees, and hear the ...

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

Before heading off on an adventure worthy of Indiana Jones, here are a few things to know about hiking the area. From 2001 to 2003, the Vesuvius National Park created 11 new paths for hikers to enjoy.

A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...

The discovery provides new clues into the religious life of the city before its destruction by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It includes a large frieze extending across three walls of a ...

New DNA analysis of skeletal remains in the doomed Roman town has revealed that some of the victims of Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in A.D. 79 have been wrongly identified, highlighting how much ...

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark fragments ...

The latest Naples earthquake is considered to be the strongest one in past 40 years. Can this trigger the Campi Flegrei ...

One of the most famous volcanos, Italy’s Vesuvius, is the inspiration for a stunningly displayed new exhibition at the Meadows Museum. It includes artifacts from Roman cities buried in Vesuvius ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of two more victims of the notoriously deadly Mount Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii in 79 A.D. Latest ... of land in southern Italy.

When Italy’s Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, hot ash and gas killed more than 1,500 people in the ancient city of Pompeii. But volcanic earthquakes may also have been deadly: The ...