sub-plinian eruption and calls for the priority evacuation of the residents living in the immediate vicinity of Vesuvius—the 600,000 people who live in the so-called Zona Rossa, or Red Zone ...

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 ...

Historians have been able to date the eruption of Vesuvius with apparent certainty thanks to ancient writings that purported to share first-hand accounts. They came from Pliny the Younger ...

An unusual discovery was made in Pompeii (Italy), which had been buried under volcanic ash for nearly two thousand years, ...

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 ...

The eruption itself continued for over 18 ... But they tended to be north of Mount Vesuvius, outside the zone of the greatest destruction. It seems as though most survivors stayed as close as ...

POMPEII, ITALY—It has traditionally been accepted by most scholars that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the southern Italian city of Pompeii and many of its neighbors happened on ...

In late 2023, Nebraska’s Luke Farritor became the first to decode a Greek word from a papyrus scroll charred into a lump of carbon by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. A student ...

Good Neighbor Bar owners Randy Clement and April Langford sprung into action last week to aid the Altadena wildfire victims ...

Mount Vesuvius is perhaps the most famous volcano in the world. Known for its catastrophic eruption in 79 AD that buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under volcanic ash, Vesuvius is ...

which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was preserved by the volcano's ash. It was not rediscovered until 1748. According to many ...