Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...

Pompeii casts showing victims in heavy wool clothes prompt researchers to question the long-accepted August timing of the AD ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD, clarifying the ingredients and methods ...

Scientists have uncovered a construction site frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD at Pompeii, revealing ...

Researchers working to decipher the contents of a burned, still-rolled scroll have uncovered both the author and the title of the text nearly 2,000 years after it was buried in the Mount Vesuvius ...

In 79 CE Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing many people in the region and quickly becoming one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history. The city around this mountain was covered under volcanic ...

Researchers from the ÁTROPOS group at the University of Valencia say new analysis of plaster casts from Pompeii shows that many victims of the AD 79 eruption wore unusually heavy wool clothes — a ...