Scans of 18 ancient papyri that were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius look ‘very promising’, and there are plans to ...

THE eruption of Vesuvius has quieted down since last week, though scoriæ and ash continue to be ejected and there still seems to be a slow flow of lava, but in comparison with the activity of the ...

It is not the other Pompeii, the ancient and very sad city inhabited by slaves, revealed a year ago, but the real Pompeii ...

In a landmark project, scientists use AI and X-rays to uncover texts of ancient Herculaneum scrolls buried by the eruption of ...

Despite being October, the sun was blazing and St. Peter's Square was crowded with faithful. The devotees of the then Blessed ...

We have to look inside the earth. Article continues below “Underwater volcanoes are capable of really big, really destructive eruptions," she says. "We are lulled into a sense of false security ...

A huge ancient eruption created the dreamy Greek island ... compared to more famous ones like Vesuvius," she says on deck, as we watch two engineers winching a robot the size of a car off the ...

Experts have warned that a popular southeastern European island which is visited by more than three million tourists each year could be under threat of being hit by a dramatic volcanic eruption.

The ancient village which was lost to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D is one of the most well preserved historical sites in the world, with everything from homes to law courts to vinyards to ...

According to one estimate, a major Mount Fuji eruption would produce about 490 million cubic meters of ash, about 10 times the amount of debris that resulted from the 2011 Great East Japan ...

These eruptions can have devastating economic and social consequences, even at great distances from the volcano. Fortunately many eruptions are preceded by unrest that can be detected using ground, ...

Titus Caesar Vespasianus ruled Rome for just two years from 79-81 CE after the death of his father Vespasian, the founder of ...