A study published in Scientific Reports described a recent discovery at the site of the Vesuvius eruption which ... 20 years when the volcano erupted in 79 AD near modern-day Naples.

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

Investigators making the shocking find saw that the remains had dark substances inside the cavity that resembled obsidian.

Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 transformed one unfortunate Herculaneum resident’s brain into organic glass ...

Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new light on the power held by priestesses ...

City-building can be an exhausting affair, once you’ve evolved beyond the initial joy of cottage windows lighting up ...

Scientists then used AI to piece together the images, search for ink that reveals where there is writing, and enhance the ...

which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was preserved by the volcano's ash. It was not rediscovered until 1748. According to many ...

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 ...

Previously, it had been thought that the Somma Vesuviana area was only buried during a later, less famous eruption by Mount Vesuvius – in AD 472 – and not by the AD 79 eruption. However ...