Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption took place in AD 79. But more than 2,000 years before this, the volcano suffered an even ...

“You get an insight into human behaviour in a disaster context in a safe space.” Pompeii, which opened on 13 December 2024 and runs until 4 May 2025, tells the story of Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 ...

Amelia Neath looks at some of the dark places people are drawn to where tragedies have occurred, such as Chernobyl, Hiroshima ...

Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were unearthed in the 1750s in the remains of the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. These ...

Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

Second of three parts Continuing excerpts from National Artist Amado V. Hernandez's novel "Mga Ibong Mandaragit" (The Preying ...

An animated retelling of Titanic aimed at kids, complete with romance, drama, and tragedy. Pompeii is a action and adventure movie in which the slave was turned into gladiator to find his true love. 7 ...

Ancient scrolls charred by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago may finally be starting to reveal their secrets.

A film director who survived both 9/11 in New York and the fires here in L.A. looks back on the similarities — and very real differences — between the two catastrophes, and what can be learned from ...