There are many ways for a human being to die after a volcano erupts, and a blast like the one Vesuvius unleashed in ... has studied the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée on the island of Martinique ...

Mount Vesuvius (photo: Wakacje.pl ... Although the last eruption took place in 1909, the volcano is considered dormant. The summit can be reached both on foot and by cable car, but a special ...

A man's brain was partly turned into glass after Mount Vesuvius erupted. Researchers discovered dark fragments resembling obsidian in the skull of a man in the ancient settlement of Herculaneum.

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

That’s what happened almost 2000 years ago in Italy, when Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year 79AD. But the cloud of hot ash that buried Pompeii, instantly destroying it, also preserved the city ...