While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

ANALYSIS: New discoveries in archaeology are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in ...

Herculaneum, a town on the Bay of Naples that was buried beneath volcanic ash when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, has only been partially excavated. Some buildings stand open to the sky; others, such as ...

Alaska residents are again being urged to brace themselves for a possible eruption of Mount Spurr. Following up on last week's warning, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reiterated in a series of ...

A search warrant at his address turned up 20 firearms, bomb-making materials and a detailed diagram of city infrastructure. MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/Contributed A traffic stop in Key West on ...

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced the discovery of ancient murals that shed light on ...

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced the discovery of ancient murals that shed light on the ...

The Pompeii exhibition is accompanied by an animated eruption of Mount Vesuvius, complete with visualisations of falling lapilli and soundscape. While this display is impressive, the casts in the ...

They announced in mid-March that the chances had gone up for Mount Spurr to blow "within the next few weeks or months." So how do they know that? And what should Southcentral Alaska residents do ...

When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount Everest, expedition companies will test drones that can ferry loads as heavy as 35 pounds in the high altitudes, bring back ladders used to ...

Another nearby volcano that erupted in 2009, Mount Readout, showed volcanic tremor for two months before it blew its top. "If we see [tremor]," Haney said, "that will be the next sign that Spurr ...