Ever since the 18th century, excavations have been removing volcanic rock to uncover the secrets of the former ancient city ... buried by eruptions of Mount Vesuvius have focused on Pompeii ...

Just like the aging of a fine wine, the domestication of grapevines throughout Italy was a pretty slow process. One of the ...

When Vesuvius erupted on August 24 and 25 ... This gold-and-silver statuette of mercury was found with a body near the city's harbor gate. Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali ...

At least four people have died after a cable car crashed into the ground near Naples, Italy today (17 April). Officials say ...

Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new light on the power held by priestesses in the ancient city, which was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted ...