History lovers can rejoice over the recent announcement of the restoration of a fresco lost during the disastrous eruption of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The plaster cast of a man killed by the Vesuvius eruption in A.D. 79 also contains the remains of a small case and a small bag he ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting ...

A new docuseries and ongoing research are revealing that survivors charted a fresh start after an eruption devastated the ancient Roman city.

The true date of the eruption has long eluded—and vexed—historians of the deadly disaster. Here’s what the archaeological evidence tells us. The ancient city of Herculanum was destroyed by the ...

A papyrus scroll that was burned and carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago has been virtually unrolled and partially deciphered with the help of artificial intelligence.

It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our ...