Volcanoes are active globally, offering exciting hiking opportunities. Travellers can safely climb Mount Etna in Italy, ...

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

THERE is a little-known Italian winter sunshine spot with fabulous beaches, a volcano day trip, wineries, €3 pints and ...

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

A calm sailboat floats below Mount Stromboli, Aeolian Islands, Italy, where volcanic ash meets the Mediterranean Sea.

Climate data and historical accounts suggest that crop failures in the 1340s prompted Italian officials to import grain from ...

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

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A new analysis aims to answer a longstanding question about why the plague reached Europe when it did—and why it spread so ...

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POZZUOLI, Italy — In Greek and Roman mythology, the Campi Flegrei volcano is depicted as the opening to the underworld. Its prehistoric eruptions blocked out the sun, turning summer into winter and ...