In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

Around the world, museums are grappling with the question of what to do with human remains. This includes lifelike copies of those who may have died traumatically.

"In 100 years' time, today will be remembered as historic because the discovery we are presenting is historic." Archaeologists excavating at the doomed Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by ...

A cloud of super-heated volcanic ash and gas exploded the brain of one Herculaneum resident and the fragments inside his skull became an extremely rare organic glass ...

Ever since archaeologists first discovered the ruins of Pompeii – the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 – its stories and secrets have captivated locals, tourists ...

director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. The tragedy sees Dionysus descend on Thebes in a fury, before whipping up its inhabitants into an ecstatic frenzy as revenge for some slander ...

Within two days Pompeii had vanished ... that entertainment has involved wrangling over pretty much every facet of the disaster. They still can’t agree on the day Vesuvius blew its top, the ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a massive frieze depicting followers of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine.

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

With shades of Cities Skylines and historical management, the Pompeii The Legacy Steam playtest is finally live for a limited ...