The Bronze Age footprints stand as a dark omen of the Roman-era disaster—one that clearly went unnoticed through centuries of ...

Today, Pompeii is famous for being the site of a natural disaster—the deadly 79 C.E. eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which left the ancient city frozen in time. But before the volcano unleashed its ...

A thick layer of volcanic mud preserved Pompeii as it was in 79 CE, offering a unique glimpse into life in the Roman Empire.

By the famous eruption of AD79, prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were ... and poet called Pliny the younger watched the disaster unfold from a distance. He said that a column ...

Poseidon is one of the disaster films ever made in which the ship was destroyed with a star-studded cast. Titanic II is the ...

Experience the ancient city’s destruction and rebirth in this immersive exhibition at the National Museum of Australia.

Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

“[This] is eerily similar to what happened 20 centuries ago in Pompeii: in 62 CE, the warning signs of the impending disaster appeared in the form of earthquakes; from 70 onwards, the rich left ...

Ancient scrolls charred by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago may finally be starting to reveal their secrets.

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, is one of the most significant ...

While much of the exhibition focuses on life in Pompeii before the eruption wiped out the city, it also includes a dramatic recreation of the disaster itself. “It starts with a low rumble ...