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 ...

The ancient Romans were unaware of the massive danger posed by a volcano in their midst, so when Mount Vesuvius erupted in ...

Archaeologists uncovered remains and objects in a Pompeii house, revealing the final moments of residents during the 79 A.D.

Viticulture in Pompeii rises from the ashes as a project gets underway to plant historically accurate and 100% organic ...

around 1700 years before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius decimated Pompeii. As is typical, this woman was immediately labelled, by the archaeologists who uncovered her, as the man’s wife.

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don't often think to look beyond the city walls.

Today, Pompeii is best known for the devastating 79 C.E. eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried the ... The details from the relief have revealed key facts about Roman social and religious life ...

Police in Italy have reportedly seized eight helicopters following “dangerous” tourist flights over the preserved Roman city ...

Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new light on the power held by priestesses in the ancient city, which was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted ...

If you want to experience virtual reality and are interested in history, the exhibition "The Last Days of Pompeii" is well ... due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is central to the exhibition.

so when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, thousands of people scrambled to escape several small seaside towns. As the largest town closest to the volcano, Pompeii suffered the most damage and was ...