Italy isn’t just renowned for its exceptional food and great fashion sense—it's also a living museum, home to more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country on the planet. For centuries, ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...

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When people think of Pompeii, they usually picture tragedy frozen in time — bodies preserved in ash, homes swallowed up […] ...

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 ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, preserving Roman life in ash. Recent discoveries, including exotic animal bones, vitrified brains, erotic art, and children ...

Herculaneum was buried under roughly five times the amount of ash that Pompeii was. Similarly, the second victim had also been lying on their bed when the cloud descended. For the brain to become ...

The mosaic, discovered in the ruins of the ancient Roman town of Pompeii, dates to the Julian-Claudian era of 27 B.C. to A.D. 68. (Alison Bath/Stars and Stripes) ...

Plaster body casts of victims killed by toxic fumes during eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The famous eruption entombed Pompeii and Herculaneum, where glass-like remains were found inside a ...

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.

Ever since archaeologists first discovered the ruins of Pompeii – the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 – its stories and secrets have captivated locals, tourists ...