Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pompeii is the little Roman town that became a byword for sudden, violent death. A new exhibition at the British Museum -- which opens Thursday and runs ...

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 ...

17 April 2026 – 6 days for £3,229 per person Embark on a captivating journey where history and archaeology come to life through Mount Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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 ...

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 -- ...

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.

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 ...