While they cannot be opened due to the carbonization and other damage, their secrets are not entirely lost thanks to modern ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

The eruption of Indonesia's Mount Tambora on April 10, 1815, was the most powerful volcanic blast in history. The immediate ...

In 1824, the island of Psara faced a brutal invasion by Ottoman forces. The islanders, known as Psariots, mounted a fierce ...

Pompeii has been a byword for catastrophe since 79 A.D., when nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing most of the city’s inhabitants. After serious excavations began halfway through the 19th ...

The museum, which is reachable only by the newly reopened Pacific Coast Highway, will be open limited hours from 10 a.m. to 5 ...

The ancient Garden of Hercules in Pompeii has reopened after major restoration, reviving plants, trade history, and the ...

Explore 7 volcanic eruptions that changed the course of history, from Pompeii’s destruction to Krakatoa's global effects.

Someone who knows all three men calls the trio “the avengers”. He reckons they will have huge additional sums at their ...

Two of the locals working there that day were musicians, one strumming a guitar and the other on accordion, who sang ...

Indonesia’s Geology Agency said in a statement it recorded the volcano unleashing 10,000 meters (about 32,800 feet) of thick ...