From ancient Roman structures under homes to Viking jewelry in a wetland, here are some of the latest archaeological ...

You've probably heard of Pompeii. That long-lost, ancient city, destroyed by one of the most devastating volcanic eruptions ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.

WHEN Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, torrents of ash and pumice smothered Pompeii, displacing around 15,000 inhabitants and ...

Mount Vesuvius, the volcano responsible for the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD, remains one of the most ...

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Robert Harris' 2003 novel ‘Pompeii' has been published in a stunning new edition by The Folio Society. The acclaimed British novelist is noted for his works of historical fiction, more recently ...

This ancient rural complex, located on Via Casa Salese, southeast of Pompeii, was buried under three meters of lapilli during the catastrophic eruption that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD.

Along with volcanic ash ... flows that buried Herculaneum and Pompeii was several hundreds of degrees Celsius, hot enough to easily burn and destroy soft tissue. This new analysis is both ...

Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the destruction ... assaulted Pompeii, displacing some 15,000 inhabitants and killing at least 1,500 more. Volcanic debris “poured ...

The glass-like substance was found in 2020 in the skull of a person who died in the eruption near Pompeii in 79 AD ... so it wasn't completely destroyed by the heat. Article continues below ...