HISTORIANS have mapped out a minute-by-minute account of the final moments of Pompeii – as gas and ash transformed locals into glass. A staggering 16,000 people were buried during one of the ...

ANCIENT footprints of people who fled a fiery eruption of Mount Vesuvius 3,000 years ago have been unearthed by accident. The ...

A women’s prison near Naples was among the buildings evacuated on Tuesday after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck near an ...

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 ...

The city's turbulent volcanic history is a big draw for tourists, but also a risk.

The three fell into a pit that opened up as the parents tried to save their son A boy and his parents have died after falling into a pit in a volcanic crater at Solfatara near Naples. The drama ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ashton Jeanty's athletic arc took him from the bowels of an Italian volcano to the Heisman Trophy stage in New York City.