Although it has been frozen in time for nearly 2,000 years, the ancient ruins of Pompeii – the Roman town destroyed by the ...

When the residents of Pompeii died in a shower of hot ash and rocks erupting from Vesuvius in A.D. 79, the volcanic material ...

The charcoal inscription supports that theory, the Pompeii archaeology team said. His letter to Tacitus was written some 20 years after the eruption in 79 AD. And the original copies have not ...

The Legacy. Rebuild the ancient city and make critical decisions that will determine its future in this captivating game.

Academics have spent centuries debating over the real date on which Vesuvius decimated Pompeii. Now, the park itself has ...

"In the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, the deaths were instantaneous. People didn't know what was happening to them," added Pier Paolo Petrone, the anthropologist who had excavated ...

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The discovery of two skeletons in the ruins of Pompeii suggests powerful earthquakes accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago.

A new project in Pompeii is combining traditional dyeing techniques with colourful frescoes, to revive the daily life in the ancient city before the eruption. The inspiration comes from frescoes ...

The tragic story of Pompeii, the Roman city buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, has captured public imagination since its rediscovery and excavation in the late 16th century.