When an ancient Roman resident of the coastal city Herculaneum was struck down by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, what ...

This satellite image of Mount Vesuvius in Italy won DigitalGlobe's Top Image of Year contest for 2013, receiving the most votes on Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, and Twitter. The voting began in ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced the discovery of ancient murals that shed light on the region’s mysteries.

A man's brain was partly turned into glass after Mount Vesuvius erupted. Researchers discovered dark fragments resembling obsidian in the skull of a man in the ancient settlement of Herculaneum.

In late 2023, Nebraska’s Luke Farritor became the first to decode a Greek word from a papyrus scroll charred into a lump of carbon by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. A student ...

It was late into the night when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago sent volcanic material over the beach ...

A rare and haunting discovery inside the skull of a Roman man who perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius has revealed his brain was transformed into glass—fossilised by an intense surge of ...

Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s brain into glass when it erupted, fascinating new research shows. A piece of dark glass was found in the man’s skull, who died in the Roman city ...

Penn. Woman Gored by a Bison at Yellowstone National Park in Third Recent Attack At its highest peak, Mount Vesuvius is 1,277 meters (4,190 feet) tall, according to the Vesuvius National Park website.

consult our list of the best Italy tours to view traveler-approved companies. During the tour, visitors will get to hike up Mount Vesuvius and wander around Pompeii. Tours offer more background ...