Archaeologists have found 2 male bodies in the Suburban villa of Civita Giuliana, approximately 700 meters North-west of ...

In the 1950s, botanist Wilhelmina Jashemski identified traces of pollen, spores and plant fossils in the ancient city of ...

To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...

A LEGACY OF DISASTERS. Pompeii has been a byword for catastrophe since 79 A.D., when nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing most of the city’s inhabitants. After serious excavations began ...

Archaeologists uncovered disturbing details about a Pompeii family's fight for survival during the destructive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced the ...

Gabriel Zuchtriegel’s spirited part-history, part-memoir evokes the everyday life of the ancient city, and poses some very ...

Horses Found in Pompeii May Have Been Harnessed to Flee Eruption. Several horses recently discovered in a 2,000-year-old stable appear frozen in a failed flight to safety from the eruption of ...

Pompeii alone is believed to have been inhabited by about 20,000 people. Most escaped. But archaeologists estimate that about 2000 lingered too long, or decided to ride the disaster out.

We need to have backups already in place before disaster strikes, whether that’s warehouses in different towns, top-notch ...

Third lap for "Beats of Pompeii": after the rock of Gianna Nannini and the prog of Dream Theater, Saturday night the ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.