Paul Renne’s laboratory at the Berkeley Geochronology Center took eight crystals blasted out of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The plaster cast of a man killed by the Vesuvius eruption in A.D. 79 also contains the remains of a small case and a small bag he ...

Erupting in 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius serves as a significant case study for scientists delving into Earth’s geological history.

Traces of lead could make Herculaneum scrolls readable by X-ray, and a handheld scanner can pick out which ones carry it.

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When Mount Vesuvius erupted, the explosion caused such extreme heat that victims' skulls exploded, their blood boiled and their muscles, flesh and brains were replaced with ash, according to a new ...

Scientists used the precisely recorded 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius to recalibrate argon-argon dating, reducing uncertainty for a nearly 2,000-year-old volcanic event to just 13 years. The new ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 is perhaps most famous for entombing the Roman city of Pompeii. But in nearby Herculaneum, also buried in the eruption, the preserved skeleton of a young man ...

An American tourist fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius in an attempt to retrieve his mobile phone at the weekend, Italian police told CNN on Monday. The 23-year-old man from Baltimore was hiking ...

American eyes are focused on Mount St. Helens, which may be building toward a new eruption. In Italy, it's only a matter of time before Mount Vesuvius erupts again. But does that mean a new Pompeii?