The Latest Breaking News from Vesuvius

The sole copy of the scrolls was hidden underground for nearly two thousand years beneath 20 metres of volcanic mud

The move lets more visitors see the show, now expanded with additional pieces buried more than 2,000 years ago in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Campi Flegrei, a constellation of ancient craters in the south of Italy, is more active than Vesuvius, and residents live with daily tremors

Sorrento, Italy: A hornet scoots through thistley plumes and wall-lizards defy gravity. Behind it all, Vesuvius looks ready to blow

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have confirmed what the germ-phobic among us have long suspected: The flush of a commercial toilet releases a Vesuvius-like cloud of tiny droplets and aerosol particles that reaches more than 5 feet above the seat.

Experts have mapped out evacuation plans if ever there is another huge eruption at Mount Vesuvius. Some studies suggest the next eruption could be hundreds of years away, but volcanoes can be unpredictable

The tourist and relatives were cited by local police because they went off the authorized path to get closer to the crater, apparently to take a selfie, according to news reports.

An American tourist had to be rescued on Mount Vesuvius near Naples after he apparently slipped into the volcano’s crater while trying to recover his dropped cellphone

The 23-year-old American fell into the famous volcano when he and three relatives were walking along a “forbidden route” on the mountain in the Italian city of Naples

Man fell 15 metres into the gaping hole, but risked a further fall of 300 metres

A US tourist faces charges for entering forbidden area, to the crater of Mount Vesuvius, towering the city of Naples, in southern Italy. According to The Guardian, the tourist sustained minor injuries after he fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius as he scrambled to retrieve his phone, which fell…