On that fateful day in August of 79 CE, when Pompeii was seized unawares by the sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius, it abruptly transitioned from a living city to a still-capture of ancient life. Many ...

In what is now southern Italy, Pompeii was a bustling metropolis, until an eruption from the mighty volcano Vesuvius engulfed it in ash nearly 2,000 years ago. The stone skeleton of this ancient city ...

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced the discovery of ancient murals that shed light on the ...

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 ...

A bronze statue at Pompeii's Temple of Apollo, with Mount Vesuvius visible in the background (photo by Graham O'Keeffe via Flickr) Earlier this month, the University of Chicago Press published the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A house in the ancient Italian city of Pompeii was reopened to the public on Tuesday after an extensive restoration, 1,900 years ...

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 ...

Two sets of human remains, a variety of paintings, and a handful of childrens’ doodles were recently found in Pompeii, the ancient Roman town that was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79. Pompeii was ...

The city of Pompeii, buried under the ashes of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, experienced an unexpected second life. Recent excavations reveal that survivors and newcomers reoccupied the ruins for several ...

The man, believed to be in his 30s, was fleeing the spectacular explosion of Mount Vesuvius that buried the Italian city of Pompeii in A.D. 79. But he had an infection of the tibia that may have made ...

Construction workers renovating an abandoned cinema in the northern Italian city of Verona have stumbled upon what’s been dubbed a “miniature Pompeii” during excavations of the building’s basement.