This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. On Thursday, August 26, 79 ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, the volcano's molten rock, scorching debris and poisonous gases killed nearly 2,000 people in the nearby ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. But ...

For nearly two millennia, a library entombed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius remained silent. Among its shelves—now ...

Earthquake activity as damaging as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius bears part of the blame for the total devastation of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 A.D., new research suggests. The ...

Visitors to the exhibition will be immersed in a recreated Roman city with visualizations, holographic gladiatorial combat ...

Pompeii was destroyed by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, entombing residents under layers of volcanic ash. But there is more to this story of an ancient Roman city’s doom.

The remains of victims from the deadly volcanic eruption in Pompeii have been discovered almost 2,000 years after the disaster. A woman's remains were unearthed with a collection gold, silver and ...

Digital reconstructions are bringing structures to life that may have collapsed during Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E.