Pompeii was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Walking through the ruins, you can clearly see that a city ...
Researchers examine lost scrolls discovered in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, in this clip from Season 3, Episode 7, "Mysterious Tombs." ...
AD 79, a few days before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. In Pompeii, an ordinary day was passing by as usual.Based on ...
Photographed by thousands of visitors every year, the cats of Pompeii’s Archaeological Park now star in a new book. Around 50 ...
A new study published today in the journal Science Advances reports that the argon-argon dating method calibrated with that August 24, 79 CE is now even more precise. Argon-argon dating measures the ...
An excavation just north of Pompeii has unearthed a large and almost entirely intact ceremonial chariot. The find is unique in the history of archaeological digs in Italy, say experts with the ...
Pompeii wasn't just buried in ash and forgotten for centuries until the 16th century. Archaeologists say new findings support the idea that people resettled among the ruins of the Roman city after ...
Tourists walk inside the Pompeii archaeological site in southern Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. In a few horrible hours, Pompeii went from being a vibrant city to a dead one, smothered by a furious ...
POMPEII, Italy — Sooner or later every traveler to Pompeii feels ready to keel over like the plaster casts of one of Mount Vesuvius’s victims, buried with their resort city deep in volcanic ash and ...
A deafening boom roars through Pompeii’s crowded marketplace. The ground shakes violently, throwing midday shoppers off balance and toppling stands of fish and meat. People scream and point toward ...