Archaeologists explain the ongoing excavations at Pompeii and new findings about Vesuvius’ eruption date, slavery and daily life for ancient Romans. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii When ...

It wasn’t until the 18th century that Pompeii and the nearby city of Herculaneum were unearthed with ancient artifacts, ...

Pompeii: The Exhibition opens at the Cincinnati Museum Center Feb. 16 and runs through July 28. It features more than 150 artifacts from the historic city and includes mosaics, statues, and jewelry ...

A significant portion of every generation believes that an apocalypse is just around the corner. In 99% of the cases, the doomsayers are wrong. But in 79 A.D., in the Roman city of Pompeii at the foot ...

A pioneering robotic system is set to revolutionise the painstaking task of reassembling Pompeii 's ancient Roman frescoes, ...

The latest scroll to emerge from the ash of Vesuvius does not tidy up Stoicism so much as complicate it, by setting a rival ...

ROME — Skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave attempting to escape death from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago have been discovered in ...

Pompeii — The newly restored remains of an opulent house in Pompeii that likely belonged to two former slaves who became rich through the wine trade offer visitors an exceptional peek at details of ...

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Researchers have studied the DNA preserved in the skeletal remains of Pompeii volcanic eruption victims. In 79 CE, the violent eruption of the Somma-Vesuvius volcanic system engulfed the Roman town of ...