The Herculaneum scrolls, first discovered within Pompeii’s ruins in 1752, have long beguiled scientists. Written on papyrus using carbon-based ink, the scrolls cannot be physically opened ...

Pompeii's ruins weren't discovered until the 18th century. Their remarkable level of preservation and the subsequent ...

In the ruins of Herculaneum, an Ancient Roman city on the west coast of Italy that was buried by Mount Vesuvius's catastrophic eruption in 79 A.D., researchers made a startling discovery: a human ...

Rick Steves' Europe. Art Bites 120: The Ruins of Pompeii and Its Art. Clip | 5m 19s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The excavated site of Pompeii gives a revealing look at a great Roman city.

Even though Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D., archeologists continue to make fascinating discoveries in the Italian ruins of Pompeii to this day. The latest are a man and a woman.

Archaeologists discovered ruins of an ash-covered stone structure in Pompeii, which once a bakery prison. It tells a story of humans and animals being forced to grind grain to make bread.

Object Details Author Jashemski, Wilhelmina F (Wilhelmina Feemster) 1910-2007 illustrator Jashemski, Stanley A Contents The place of the garden in the city : land use and city-planning at Pompeii -- ...

As opposed to the death of Herculaneum, ... “Jettatura,” having courted death in a duel only to slay his opponent in the ruins of Pompeii, ...

The Herculaneum scrolls, first discovered within Pompeii’s ruins in 1752, have long beguiled scientists. Written on papyrus using carbon-based ink, the scrolls cannot be physically opened ...