The Caltilius family resettled in Ostia – what was then a major port city to the north of Pompeii, 18 miles from Rome. There, they founded a temple to the Egyptian deity Serapis ...

The plaster casts of Pompeii's victims have long stood as some of the most haunting reminders of the eruption of Mount ...

A man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was carrying a medical kit with him, new scans ...

A man who died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. was likely to have been a doctor, say scientists who analyzed ...

The AI-generated image shows a man with a look of fear and determination as he attempts to flee the deadly eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

The destruction of Pompeii is one of antiquity’s most famous disasters, but its exact date remains fiercely debated. From ...

Archaeologists at Pompeii have used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Archaeologists have discovered two more skeletons buried beneath a collapsed wall in the Pompeii archaeological site, experts said Tuesday. They believe the new findings are the remains of male ...

Earthquake activity as damaging as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius bears part of the blame for the total devastation of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 A.D., new research suggests. The ...

Archaeologists found the victim holding a terracotta mortar, which they interpret as an improvised attempt to shield his head.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...