Those four weren’t a family. That pair wasn’t a mother and daughter. And perhaps none of the other narratives meant to illuminate who perished together in the ancient eruption of Mount Vesuvius are ...

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown. By Franz Lidz Of all end times tales, the ...

The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever frozen under ...

Frescoes and fast-food joints are just a few of the latest discoveries, but a small piece of graffiti is making scholars rethink the date of Pompeii's ruin. A worker removes volcanic fragments ...