As red-hot volcanic rocks rained down on the ancient city of Pompeii in 79 CE, the inhabitants of one house made the fatal ...

"Pompeii: The Exhibition" returns to the Science Center on May 16, featuring 61 new artifacts and interactive elements ...

Archaeologists uncovered remains and objects in a Pompeii house, revealing the final moments of residents during the 79 A.D.

When Vesuvius erupted on August 24 and 25, A.D. 79, some 2,600 inhabitants perished in Pompeii alone (a plaster cast of a child found under a staircase). Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita ...

Among the most moving sights is the Garden of the Fugitives, which displays plaster casts of some of the victims in their final moments of life. "It adds an extra dimension to Pompeii," observes ...

In a city doomed to eternity by the fury of Vesuvius, every stone, every crack, and every object tells a story. The most ...

Their decomposed bodies were preserved by the ash, and archaeologists were able to reconstruct their forms using plaster ...