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 ...

A women’s prison near Naples was among the buildings evacuated on Tuesday after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck near an active volcano in Italy. The quake had an epicenter at the active ...

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 ...

Ischia Island, located in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, is an active volcanic region ... One of the key studies examined the volcano-tectonics of Ischia Island, identifying a seismogenic fault ...

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 ...

Mount Vesuvius Located near the city of Naples, Mount Vesuvius is perhaps ... volcanic risk remains a key concern. Italy’s five active volcanoes - Mount Etna, Mount Vesuvius, Stromboli, Campi ...