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

A novel analysis of the skeletal remains of Vesuvius victims who sought shelter during the catastrophic eruption 2,000 years ago suggests they endured a slower death than is typically appreciated.

A scrawled piece of text on a wall in Pompeii is rewriting the history of the famous ancient eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The Roman city of Pompeii was devastated following the eruption of Mount ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly ...

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...

People trying to escape the Roman settlement of Herculaneum during the infamous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 died a slower death than previously thought, and were likely being baked from the ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., it famously blanketed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in ash and volcanic debris.

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum and is one of the most culturally important volcanic events in history. The rediscovery of the incredibly ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

On March 17, 1944, Mount Vesuvius erupted. For more than a week it hurled rock, spewed gases and sent an 8-foot wall of lava rolling down the mountainside. “The sound was exactly like artillery fire,” ...

Archaeologists at Pompeii have been accused of committing "vandalism to volcanology" by sacrificing deposits left by Mount Vesuvius during excavations, a group of scientists has said. In a letter ...

Scientists discovered a human brain from 79 CE Vesuvius eruption transformed into glass—the only known case of natural organic glass preservation in history. The brain vitrified at temperatures above ...