The excavations taking place in the Roman city, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius, reflect the beauty and sophistication of ...

Since the first-ever excavation of Pompeii in 1748, so much more has been discovered about the ancient city that was at the ...

A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

Pompeii is implementing limitations to prevent damage caused by overtourism after a record-breaking summer for visitor ...

"Pompeii: The Exhibition" opens Nov. 15 at Graceland, featuring a collection artifacts from the ancient Roman city that was ...

During the 1914 Pompeii excavations, nine individuals were discovered in a home's garden, two of whom were found in an ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

During the 1914 Pompeii excavations, nine individuals were discovered in a home's garden, two of whom were found in an embrace. At the time, archaeologists said there were three possibilities for ...

Fourteen miles southeast of modern Naples lies Pompeii, a city frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

Ash and volcanic rock called pumice then covered Pompeii and its residents, preserving scenes of the victims of the city’s destruction like an eerie time capsule. Excavations first began to ...

Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...