Pottery fired centuries after Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii in A.D. 79 points to something historians long dismissed: people came back. Ceramic production debris dated to the fourth and fifth centuries, ...

It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our ...

Before Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in ash, it was a thriving city filled with busy homes and bustling streets.