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.

(Reuters) - 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 ...

A new study has determined that a rapidly advancing cloud of gas probably overcame a young man who was killed during the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Temperatures in the gas cloud ...

A young man was lying in his bed when a viciously hot cloud of ash swept down from the erupting Mount Vesuvius and turned his brain to glass almost 2,000 years ago. That is the theory Italian ...

The story of Pompeii is one that most people know. Pompeii, a thriving Roman city in what is now Southern Italy, was dramatically buried in ash during a devastating eruption from nearby Mount Vesuvius ...

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic rocks, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious threats to nearby communities and global climates. Mount Vesuvius is notorious for ...

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The young man was found dead in a small room near the entrance to the Hall of the Augustales, a civic order of freedmen, a bit like a freemason lodge. Perhaps he was a security guard. He’s been ...