Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the Italian ...

The discoveries will be available for public viewing later this month. Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues depicting a ...

"The ongoing archaeological investigations have highlighted the presence of post-eruption habitation layers," researchers at ...

Everybody talks about Pompeii, but its sister city may offer an even better glimpse into the past. Here's how this ancient ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of ...

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown.

Archaeologists have been given a new insight into what life in Pompeii was like after discovering a spa-like complex that has been described as a “once-in-a-century” find. What is thought to be one of ...

The cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD has fascinated researchers and historians for centuries. Since the early 1700s, engineers have been excavating the remnants of the cities of Pompeii ...