Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists. The national fire service said it ...

Recently discovered geological and archaeological evidence is shedding light on a catastrophic eruption at Mt. Vesuvius during the Bronze Age that wrought broader destruction to surrounding areas than ...

MILAN – Firefighters are battling wildfires throughout southern Italy, including along the slopes of the volcano Mount Vesuvius near Naples. Wildfires have been raging for days, and Italy's civil ...

A British tourist has died after climbing Mount Vesuvius in Italy during a heatwave. The man, named locally as Mark John Irwin, was reportedly close to the summit of the volcano near Naples at the ...

This story has been updated with additional information about the wall labels at the exhibition. Who doesn’t love a volcano? Not in the usual sense, given the fearsome destruction wreaked by its ...

Naples’ historic grand dame occupies a privileged position on a hill in the elegant Chiaia neighborhood, with sweeping views ...

CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - An international exhibition that brings a historic catastrophe to life in vivid detail is coming to Cincinnati next month. “Pompei: The Exhibition,” which ...

Now here’s a mystery: How could The Hotel Detective have missed the the eighth-floor terrace bar at the Hotel Excelsior in Naples the last two times he stayed? It has a dead-on view of Mt. Vesuvius, ...

Once the countryside around Naples was known as "felix" – meaning bountiful, happy. It was one of the most fertile tracts of land in Italy, and it still is. But then the local Mafia, the Camorra, ...