This video explores Montserrat, an island forever changed by volcanic eruptions. Once thriving towns now stand silent, ...

Pompeii theater corridor reveal love notes, gladiator duels, and insults, offering a vivid glimpse into ancient Roman street life.

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 ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano had its latest eruption on Jan. 12, flowing lava for nearly 10 hours and attracting heavy traffic to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The volcano began erupting at 8:22 a.m.

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was the gravest natural disaster to strike Italy during the peak of the Roman Empire, killing more than a thousand people in nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny ...

This year, the Earth’s core put on a show unlike any other, with volcanic eruptions that dazzled observers from every continent. Some of these eruptions were so breathtaking they left viewers ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

The volcanic eruption that struck the Roman resort city of Pompeii may be the most famous natural disaster in human history. But one critical detail about the catastrophe continues vexing experts: the ...

Llorenç Alapont, an archaeologist at the University of Valencia, led the recent research on plaster casts of Pompeii victims. University of Valencia When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., it famously ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae bustled with merchants, farmers and families going about their daily lives. Unbeknownst to them, Mount Vesuvius, a ...