Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents ...

Director Gianfranco Rosi builds an intimate city portrait of Naples, filled with people leading bustling modern lives in the ...

Frozen in their final moments, casts of over two dozen victims from the ancient eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD is now on display at Pompeii Archaeological Park — a chilling snapshot of ...

After spending an exchange semester in Napoli, I became a total snob about the “holy trinity” of dough, moisture, and blistering heat; I thought my days of finding a truly transcendent crust ended the ...

A new permanent exhibition has opened in Pompeii that shows plaster casts of people killed in the Mount Vesuvius eruption, ...

The new display at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Italy features the casts of 22 Pompeii residents. CESARE ABBATE/EPA / Shutterstock The first permanent exhibition of Pompeii’s historic casts is ...

Casts of victims of Pompeii’s tragic destruction after Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 are going on display together for the first time in a new permanent exhibition. The residents are captured in ...

A 1775 design for a mechanical Mount Vesuvius eruption device has finally been built, recreating an eighteenth-century volcanic spectacle.

The past and the present converge in this ravishingly beautiful Italian documentary set in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius.

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

There must be a certain level of anxiety that comes with living in Naples, in the shadow of Vesuvius. It’s not just that it’s an active volcano that can blow its top at any minute, but also that it’s ...