Yellowstone is using a 53,000-pound vibrator truck to create custom-made earthquakes to study the supervolcano the park sits ...

In a house in the ruins of Pompeii, archeologists have discovered evidence that a family of four attempted to barricade a ...

A sealed Herculaneum scroll yields its secrets—revealing a lost philosophical treatise by Philodemus through virtual ...

Team scoops US$60,000 prize for identifying a Greek work on vices from scans of a 2,000-year-old papyrus charred by volcanic ...

IT was an ordinary day when Mount Vesuvius plastered nearby towns in thick volcanic ash 2,000 years ago. A treasure trove of objects was buried, each giving an insight into the lives people led.

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 ...

An ancient papyrus scroll left "unreadable" after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago is finally revealing ...

Old 'Bed Barricade' That a Family May Have Used to Escape Vesuvius’ Eruption The Vesuvius eruption in the first century ...

You should certainly Schumacher the champagne if you get full marks on the pub quiz, on any week. It’s a rarified achievement, and if you ever manage it you should shout it from the rooftops. Let’s ...

What's more, each replica is equipped with visual and sound effects, and many of the park's miniature attractions are interactive, so visitors can make Mount Vesuvius erupt or dismantle the Berlin ...

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