Climate shocks from volcanic eruptions may have played a key role in triggering the Black Death plague by disrupting harvests ...

Victims at Pompeii wore heavy tunics and woollen cloaks as they fled rocky volcanic fragments and gas thrown into the air, ...

A volcanic explosion, somewhere in the tropics, may have increased European trade with central Asia—which brought fleas ...

New research finds that at least four individuals who died in the eruption were wearing woolen tunics and cloaks, which ...

The volcanic eruption started a chain of events that led to the Black Death plague spreading across Europe, researchers say.

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

On a single day in November 2025, emergency managers across Washington state were inundated with calls about an eruption at ...

The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, was a devastating pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353, ...

A discovery among the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii has revealed a long-lost secret surrounding the Roman Empire.

A unique archaeological site at Pompeii, Italy, reveals the secrets of peculiarly durable Roman building materials.

The 14th century in Europe was marked by a demographic upheaval of unprecedented scale with the Black Death. An ...