Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...

To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...

"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...

Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was ...

Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the Italian ...

Excavations of the still-buried portion of the palatial building may begin as early as next year and could unearth new ...

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, burying Pompeii under some 30 feet of ash. But Pompeii's story didn't end there, according to fresh findings highlighted by Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the ...

Italian scientists have deciphered part of an ancient scroll rendered unreadable by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly ...

The mental image of the city of Pompeii, crystallized by the mold of ash and lapilli that preserved its ground level for ...

When pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed Bartolo Longo, they will see not ...