Archaeologists believe survivors were joined by others looking for a place to settle and hoping to find valuable items left ...

New excavations in Pompeii have revealed the skeletons of three victims of the 79 AD volcanic eruption. The Pompeiians had taken refuge in a house but were killed under a collapsed attic, ...

Pompeii archaeological park head Massimo Osanna told Italian news agency ANSA Monday it was a "rare find" to discover an animal in such detail, likely fleeing the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

Human History New Digging at Pompeii Reveals How the Middle Class Lived in 79 AD The House of the Lararium contains preserved fabrics, tableware, and other objects of daily life.

Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes from AD 79 An undated photograph of the thermopolium — aka hot-food-drink eatery — in the Pompeii archeological park, near Naples, Italy.

Details of the excavation were published in the E-Journal of Pompeii. The Roman city of Pompeii was buried under meters of pumice and ash in the calamitous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

New excavations in Pompeii have revealed the skeletons of three victims of the 79 AD volcanic eruption. The Pompeiians had taken refuge in a house but were killed under a collapsed attic ...