Survivors of the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in A.D. 79 returned to the ash-covered Roman city in the centuries after the blast and lived on the upper floors of buildings, new excavations ...
Isotopic analysis confirmed that the workers in Pompeii relied on hot-mixing when making their concrete. Samples from the ...
Scientists excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have unearthed a construction site preserved exactly as it was when ...
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, the volcano's molten rock, scorching debris and poisonous gases killed nearly 2,000 people in the nearby ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. But ...
Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into ...
Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii after the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins. Despite the massive destruction suffered by ...
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 ...
Archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii project that reveals how ancient Romans used hot-mixing technology to create durable ...
The once-thriving city of Pompeii, near Naples, and its surroundings were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D.