Vesuvius is very capricious, and this eruption may stop suddenly or may decimate ... beings were overwhelmed in the resistless flood. In 1631, the town of Torre del Grecco with four thousand ...

After an enormous sub-plinian eruption in 1631, Vesuvius has adopted a more benign personality. It produced copious streams of lava during frequent eruptions in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th ...

The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history, killing up to 16,000 people. Now, researchers have revealed a minute-by-minute account of how ...

One common misconception about the eruption of Vesuvius is that it happened suddenly and was over in an instant. But some experts suggest the events could have taken as long as seven hours.

Image: The remains of a custodian killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pic: Reuters/Pier Paolo Petrone The man was first discovered in the 1960s inside a building called the College of the ...

Scientists have discovered the reason behind the transformation of a young man's brain to glass following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in 79 AD. In 2020, the researchers found the black ...