The entire countryside surrounding Vesuvius was covered by foot upon ... But since its last eruption in 1944, the conduit has been plugged, and no one younger than 63 years of age has experienced ...

For the last two years, Vesuvius has been unusually quiet, and has nearly made the world forget the frightful devastations which old eruptions have made, and Neapolitan lazzaroni and Hermitage ...

ANCIENT footprints of people who fled a fiery eruption of Mount Vesuvius 3,000 years ago have been unearthed by accident. The markings had been made more than 1,000 years prior to the volcano's ...

Extreme heat from the Mount Vesuvius eruption in Italy was so immense it turned one victim's brain into glass, a study has suggested. The volcano erupted in 79 AD, killing thousands and destroying ...

Vesuvius remains an active volcano. The last eruption of Vesuvius occurred in 1944, and since the destruction of Pompeii, it has erupted 77 times. Geologists warn that an eruption may occur in the ...

New research has revealed that earthquakes played a significant role in the destruction of Pompeii during the infamous 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius. A collaborative study led by researchers ...