The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways ...

The Getty Villa survived the worst fire in Los Angeles history because of key construction and landscaping choices.

Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by Vesuvius's eruption in 79 CE.

Transforming the brain tissue to glass would have required an extremely hot and fast-moving ash cloud, lab experiments suggest.

In 79 AD, Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted, utterly destroying the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum over two days. On the first day of the eruption, Pompeii was covered in ash and falling debris ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman city Eli Wizevich History ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

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 ...

Researchers examining the remains of a man whose brain supposedly turned into glass when he was killed nearly 2,000 years ago in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius said they likely know what ...

Volcanic eruption buried ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum Victims were preserved in sudden death in the two cities Man was exposed to heat of 510 degrees Celsius (950°F) Feb 27 (Reuters) - It was ...

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 ...