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 ...

New DNA analysis of skeletal remains from Pompeii reveals that victims of Vesuvius’s eruption have been wrongly identified.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

This place is like a hit crime drama. With each passing week comes the discovery of yet more bling - and more bodies. Except, in this case, the action happened 2,000 years ago. Millions tuned in last ...