Below are 14 facts ... Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum in ash. Unfortunately, Pompeii’s location where the African and Eurasian tectonic plates meet also make it prone to earthquakes and volcanoes.

Resting in the shadow of the ominous Mount Vesuvius just outside of Naples, you find the ancient cities of Pompeii and ...

About 1400 years ago, a volcanic eruption buried the Maya village of Joya de Ceren (a.k.a. Ceren) under thick layers of ash.

"In the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum ... Over the past decade the project has rewritten the story of the nearby volcano, adding ominous fuel to scientific debates about the ...