The destruction of the city of Pompeii is one of the most famous natural disasters of the ancient world. Nearly everyone alive today has heard of this famous site, thanks to the countless movies, ...

Archaeologists have found that the city of Pompeii has been operating in what they describe as an "emergency mode" long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The destruction of Pompeii wrought by the eruption of Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago was an absolutely devastating moment in ...

Based on recent findings highlighted in the E-journal of the Pompeii Excavations, a man who died fleeing the volcanic destruction carried a bag of tools that indicate he was an ancient Roman doctor, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's new evidence that a second natural disaster at Pompeii claimed lives in addition to the volcanic eruption of Mount ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. "We proved that seismicity during the eruption played a ...

Scientists discovered two skeletons in the ruins of a Pompeii building and concluded that their deaths must have been caused by wall collapses triggered by earthquakes. Image: Pompeii Archaeological ...

The ancient Roman town of Pompeii was buried under volcanic ashes after the disastrous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

Archaeologists have made several extraordinary discoveries while carrying out a routine restoration on a cast located at ...

Scientists discovered two skeletons in the ruins of a Pompeii building and concluded that their deaths must have been caused by wall collapses triggered by earthquakes. (Pompeii Archaeological Park ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii unearthed a fresco on the wall of a house that may be the oldest known depiction of a pizza. This amazing find was showcased last week in Episode One of the three-part PBS ...

Earthquake activity as damaging as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius bears part of the blame for the total devastation of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 A.D., new research suggests. The ...