For travelers looking to explore Roman history, Andante Travels is offering a tour of the seaside towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum—each buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. On the ...

History lovers who missed the opportunity to visit the British Museum’s blockbuster 2013 exhibition, “Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum,” in person are in luck. Beginning today, the London ...

Atlantyca Entertainment’s Geronimo Stilton has become the official virtual tour guide for children visiting the UNESCO World Heritage’s Archaeological Site of Pompeii. The first video tour of the ...

A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet room. Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting, the frescos ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79 and buried the Roman city of Pompeii, located near what is now Naples. Ever since the ruins were rediscovered in the 1700s, they have been attracting tourists.

Italian police have seized eight helicopters and are investigating four pilots associated with a company offering aerial tours of Pompeii's archaeological ruins last week, alleging a laundry list of ...

Volcanic deposits found at Pompeii could yield insights on Vesuvius' future Morn the Dorn via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Since its launch in 2012, the Great Pompeii Project has unearthed ...