A thick layer of volcanic mud preserved Pompeii as it was in 79 CE, offering a unique glimpse into life in the Roman Empire.

Volcanoes have been proposed as the reason for the extinction of the Neanderthals and the hobbits of Indonesia, but the end ...

"This is a Lamborghini. This is an outright fancy, fancy car." Archaeologists excavating a villa north of Pompeii have ...

And perhaps none of the other narratives meant to illuminate who perished together in the ancient eruption of ... of their skeletal remains. When the residents of Pompeii died in a shower of ...

The horse was found in full saddle suggesting that it was being prepped to rescue those fleeing the volcanic eruption.

"Pompeii" at the National Museum of Australia brings together 90 artifacts and a recreation of Vesuvius's eruption.

For a comprehensive look at the effects of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius—and to lessen the crowds at Pompeii itself—visitors ...

Recent research may have reshaped our understanding of the victims of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount ... based on their preserved remains, often assuming familial ...

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 ...

Officials at the dangerously beloved Archaeological Park of Pompeii are sticking by Pliny the Younger’s date for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The latest entry in their ongoing e-journal ...

More than 90 artefacts from the lost city of Pompeii are set to go on show ... Roman city before and after it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. The tragic story of Pompeii, the Roman city ...