When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the people of Pompeii died in one of history’s most infamous natural disasters. For over 250 years, archaeologists have been studying their remains for clues ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly when it took place. Reading time 2 minutes Many scholars agree that Mount ...

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 ...

Archaeologists excavating a villa destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. have unearthed magnificent frescoes which illuminate life and culture in the ancient society. Archaeologists ...

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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 ...

Survivors of the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in A.D. 79 returned to the ash-covered Roman city in the centuries after the blast and lived on the upper floors of buildings, new excavations ...

The story of Pompeii has intrigued the world for centuries, but many may not know there's another landmark with a similar ...

Researchers investigating the well-known House of Thiasus in Pompeii became fascinated with an unconnected stone staircase. A digital architectural reconstruction (based on features still present at ...