"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...

Scientists sampled tiny bone fragments sealed inside several Pompeii casts and tested DNA and isotopes to ask, and answer, ...

A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius.

India's Barren Island Volcano Records Mild Activity in September 2025, Scientists Report Barren Island, India’s only active volcano, produced minor eruptions on Sept. 13 and 20, 2025. Authorities ...

Pompeii: The Legacy will be available in PC Early Access on September 23, 2025. Watch the latest Pompeii: The Legacy trailer for this city-building strategy game. In Pompeii: The Legacy, rebuild the ...

Four of 24 bodies have been identified from a Colorado funeral home under criminal investigation. The funeral home's owner, former Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter, resigned after the bodies were ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted again this week, spewing lava 500 feet into the air from the crater at its summit, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The eruption ended around 8 p.m. local time on ...

UNIMAK ISLAND, Alaska – The Alaska Volcano Observatory is raising the alert level one notch for the Shishaldin Volcano on Unimak Island after recent signs of unrest. The observatory now has the ...

The Axial Seamount has been dubbed the “most active submarine volcano” in the region Craig Tuttle/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off ...

Aug. 24 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 79 A.D., thousands died and the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy. In 1814, the British ...

State law enforcement officials have launched a criminal investigation into a funeral home whose owner — Pueblo’s county coroner — admitted to giving family members fake remains and delaying ...