The suddenness of Mount Vesuvius's eruption, has given us an incomparable look into Roman life 2,000 years ago.

Archaeological investigations were carried out over two years under the scientific direction of the Superintendency, to facilitate the construction of a gas pipeline in the area southeast of Naples.

A spectacular necropolis just outside Naples contains stunning tombs that were carved into rock by the ancient Greeks who ...

Volcanologists from the University of Naples Federico II mapped the deposits of volcanic materials over an area of 2,000 square kilometers around Vesuvius, measuring the distribution and volume of ...

Amelia Neath looks at some of the dark places people are drawn to where tragedies have occurred, such as Chernobyl, Hiroshima and the killing fields in Cambodia ...

Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption took place in AD 79. But more than 2,000 years before this, the volcano suffered an even larger outburst, triggering a masse exodus from the disaster zone.

which buried Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pottery and fragments of ceramics, which indicate a structured settlement existed in the area. Credit: Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of ...

Lord Cornwallis overcame three lines of Patriots, including thousands of Virginians, on the northern North Carolina ...

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...