You've heard of Pompeii and the volcano that wiped it out, but how much do you REALLY know about this incredibly famous place ...

Archaeologists uncover new truths about Pompeii, a wealthy Roman playground ... violently explodes into life. Discharging 1.5 million tons of volcanic material into the atmosphere every second ...

Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the destruction of Pompeii began. Two new studies only fan the fire. Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day ...

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 ...