The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius obliterated Pompeii in 79 CE, but the Roman city didn’t remain a lifeless disaster ...

POMPEII, Italy - An American couple waited a lifetime plus 2 1/2 months to visit the ancient ruins of Pompeii together. Colleen and Marvin Hewson, retirees from Michigan, were first in line when ...

Pompeii and Vesuvius are remarkable places in Italy. The volcano wiped out the inhabitants of the city, and yet it was incredibly well preserved because of all the volcanic ash that covered it. A ...

Pompeii, you see, was a gladiator town. Gladiators trained there, lived in barracks nestled in the Bay of Naples on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius and fought, often against wild animals, in a huge ...

Five newly restored houses which were once buried under the volcanic ash of mount Vesuvius can now be seen in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The new exhibit which allows visitors to ...

Madonna will celebrate her 66th birthday with a private evening tour of the famed Italian archaeological site at Pompeii, officials said. Photo by Silvia Izquierdo / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

Olson, who specializes in Roman society and culture, has toured Pompeii several times in her career, marvelling at the city that was buried in ash about 2,000 years ago when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

Pompei is in turmoil: from the moment when Pope Leo XIV mentioned the Sanctuary and the Madonna of Pompeii, the community understood that the new Pontiff intends to visit that place: 'I hope ...

ROME (AP) — Madonna will celebrate her 66th birthday with a private evening tour of the famed Italian archaeological site at Pompeii, officials said.

As any classic rock nerd will tell you (whether you like it or not), Pink Floyd 's Live at Pompeii is one of the most iconic concert films ever made. Recorded in 1971 and released a year later, it ...

An American couple waited a lifetime plus two-and-a-half months to visit the ancient ruins of Pompeii together. Colleen and Marvin Hewson, retirees from Michigan, were first in line when the ...