According to the study, the family attempted to lock themselves in a room, using a bed wedged against the door to barricade ...

IT was an ordinary day when Mount Vesuvius plastered nearby towns in thick volcanic ash 2,000 years ago. A treasure trove of objects was buried, each giving an insight into the lives people led.

Archaeologists have uncovered the final moments of a family in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, ...

New research shows that elevation changes and earthquakes in Italy's Campi Flegrei volcanic area are caused by rising pressure in a geothermal reservoir -- not magma or its gases, as commonly thought.

A volcano that has not erupted in 250,000 years has shown signs of returning to life. Scientists warned that an eruption ...

It was the violent profitability of slavery as an exploitative labor system that allowed for the region to prosper, the study demonstrates.

Naples can be chaotic, infuriating, and full of contradictions—but no one will ever accuse it of lacking heart. Meanwhile, ...

Roman Signer takes his furniture on wild journeys. He plays with fire, simulates landslides and sends tables soaring into the ...

Yellowstone is using a 53,000-pound vibrator truck to create custom-made earthquakes to study the supervolcano the park sits ...

The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated on July 16, was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration of the approval of the rule of the Carmelite Order a hundred years earlier.

Octopus Energy was only set up in 2015 but has shaken up the energy market. Its website boasts of being the UK's "most awarded energy supplier" and promises cheap, renewable energy for households.

Another update on the story we've been reporting on through the week - and M&S's payments meltdown goes from bad to worse as it has been forced to stop taking online orders. The chain has been ...