When pressure was high enough, the magma broke through brittle surface rock and became lava – and the eruption began in late ...

The 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius and its impact on Pompeii has been heavily studied by historians and archaeologists over ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

So it's perhaps overdue for evidence of a literal volcano — a historic natural disaster ... the famous ruins of the ancient ...

The excavations taking place in the Roman city, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius, reflect the beauty and sophistication ...

DNA evidence reshapes the story of Pompeii's 79 AD eruption victims, challenging old assumptions and revealing new insights ...

Cade DuPont, Shaun Bobbitt, Bethany Terry and Rafael Villaroel — is opening a new window on the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

On October 24, 79 AD Mount Vesuvius erupted. Considered one of the deadliest volcanic ejections in history, the event saw ...

POMPEII, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) – A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly ... (AP Photo/Lefteris ...

Researchers believed that the formation's fossils were preserved by the ash deposited from volcanic eruptions, similar to how ...

There’s an area in China that’s home to a huge trove of dinosaur fossils. It used to be thought it was formed through a Pompeii-like volcanic eruption, stopping dinosaurs in their tracks.