Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of ...

This new study probed the DNA evidence that has been taken from some of these bodies. The team used the same strontium ...

Vesuvius is most famous for its eruption in 79AD which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Vesuvius has erupted many times since and is the only volcano on Europe's mainland to ...

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 ...

In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic ...

The Italian authorities carried out a drill of their plan to save a half-million people from toxic fumes, deadly quakes or a ...

The devastation of Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE is one of the best-recorded disasters in human history. The ash and pumice that rained down preserved traces of the dying where they ...