An Eruption of Vesuvius in 1774 was painted by Jakob Philipp Hackert.

A “dramatic” painting of Mount Vesuvius erupting in 1774 by an artist said to have witnessed the event is to go under the ...

Remains that have been found 2000 years after the disaster that occurred in Pompeii.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three researchers this week won a $700,000 prize for using artificial intelligence to read a 2,000-year-old scroll that was ...

An 18th-century painting of Mount Vesuvius erupting has sold for more than £25,000 at an auction held in Edinburgh.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...

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, while ...

Archaeologists found the victim holding a terracotta mortar, which they interpret as an improvised attempt to shield his head.

Ancient Roman concrete's remarkable durability, long attributed to luck, is now understood as a result of a sophisticated ...