Below the Clouds” and Werner Herzog’s “Ghost Elephants” offer thrilling but troubled visions of a world in environmental flux.

Hot-mixed Roman concrete used quicklime “healing” clasts that seal cracks over time, explaining Pompeii’s long‑lasting ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel up and down the Italian peninsula over the next few months. In May, he will visit ground zero of Europe’s immigration drama, the ...

Advanced imaging technology has revealed 79 new pieces of graffiti on a wall in the city's theater district. Until now, these inscriptions had been too faint for the human eye to see ...

New evidence from Pompeii suggests Mount Vesuvius erupted in autumn, not summer. Victims wore thick wool clothing, better suited for cooler weather. This detail, along with other findings, reshapes ...

Researchers investigating graffiti in Pompeii uncovered 79 new inscriptions. The team used highly technical means to take a deeper look at a 90-foot corridor near a theater, considered the most ...

A 2,000-year-old love note and an illustrated gladiator fight scene were among the ancient inscriptions recently uncovered on a wall in Pompeii, the archaeological park announced this week. Thought of ...

A trip to Pompeii’s public baths meant taking a dip in water contaminated with sweat and urine – until the Romans took over and sanitation improved. It’s easy to think of ancient Pompeii as a typical ...

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was the gravest natural disaster to strike Italy during the peak of the Roman Empire, killing more than a thousand people in nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

A newly discovered construction site in Pompeii proves out a theory of why Roman concrete has stood the test of time. The hot-mixing process of concrete creation found in the ancient city was the ...

Researchers excavate site of ancient construction project Piles of premixed material for concrete are discovered Findings point to the use of a method called 'hot mixing' The site represents a ...