The doomed occupants of Pompeii may have been sweating even before Mount Vesuvius began spewing deadly volcanic debris on August 24, 79 CE. Dressed in heavy woollen garments, these cursed souls were ...

Italian officials apprehended a 51-year-old tourist from Scotland who attempted to steal five stones and a brick fragment from the ancient city of Pompeii. After seeing the man place the items in a ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...