OXFORD — Archaeologists announced the discovery of a pair of victims tied to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius which destroyed the city of Pompeii in 79 AD. This new find comes just less than two weeks ...

History Hit's Tristan Hughes explores the destruction of Pompeii, using extraordinary eyewitness testimony and the revelations of archaeology to understand what really happened here nearly 2000 years ...

A new exhibit from Italy that opened Friday at New York's Discovery Times Square captures the last gasp of the ancient city of Pompeii before it was buried under volcanic ash, mud and rock when Mount ...

In the popular imagination, life at Pompeii came to an abrupt and violent end after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Its pristine frescoes, well-preserved buildings, and petrified bodies seem ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

This week brings us to the anniversary of one of the greater disasters in the ancient world, and with it a few insights into the religious world of the first century, when pagans and Christians first ...

It’s been nearly 2,000 years since Vesuvius’ eruption buried the vibrant Roman city of Pompeii under a deadly blanket of ash. The eerie ruins and the famous casts of Pompeii represent an invaluable ...

The research project RePAIR (Reconstructing the Past: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Meet Cultural Heritage), funded by ...