A study found some Pompeii victims died while wearing wool, complicating the eruption date of Mount Vesuvius, long believed ...

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 ...

When an ancient Roman resident of the coastal city Herculaneum was struck down by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, what happened to his brain became a scientific sensation. Plaster body casts of ...

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. Reading time 3 minutes Nearly 2,000 years ago ...

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. When you purchase through links on our site, ...