Taphophobia (sometimes spelled taphephobia), or the fear of being buried alive, is a primal anxiety that has persisted ...

HISTORIANS have mapped out a minute-by-minute account of the final moments of Pompeii – as gas and ash transformed locals into glass. A staggering 16,000 people were buried during one of the ...

At least 170 people have died after Nepal was hit by flash flooding which left locals 'buried alive' after landslides swept the country. Residents have told harrowing stories of how they were ...

Experts say they know what happened during those 32 hours of hell when thousands of people were buried alive. A new study shows that there was a five-hour window when residents could have fled Pompeii ...

OKARA: Two young labourers were buried alive while digging a well in the suburb of village Batak near Basirpur on Tuesday. The workers were recovering bricks while digging the well. Meanwhile ...

Joint officers of the National Search and Rescue Agency, Indonesian National Army, police, assisted by residents, conducted a search for victims buried by landslides in Petungkriyono, Pekalongan ...

More than 2,000 people were buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, Reuters reported, citing the national disaster centre on Monday.Treacherous terrain and the difficulty of ...