Can we identify the survivors of Mount Vesuvius’s devastating volcanic eruption in 79 CE? The second episode of the ...

Archaeologist and author Rubén Montoya reviews the history of the famous location razed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

These small primates have the largest eyes of any mammal, relative to their body size. Each eye is about the same volume as the animal's brain. Trilobites lived between 521 and 252 million years ago.

Pompeii: The New Dig on PBS follows a group of archaeologists involved in the largest excavation at the ancient site in a ...

“Pompeii: The New Dig” not only brings the excitement of real-time archaeological discoveries to your screen but also ...

The Pompeii Archaeological Park and the Aspen Art Museum have teamed up on a show to be curated by the painter Allison Katz.

What exactly caused the people of Pompeii — petrified in time under tons of volcanic material, preserved in the excruciating forms of their agony — to die? Once their bodies decayed and only ...

At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a so-called ‘pizza’, and make a grisly discovery.

Below the meteor is Mount Vesuvius, infamous for the destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD ... a long pink body, and a bright pinkish star as an eye. A myriad of stars are sprinkled all over the ...

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Archaeologists have unearthed an extraordinary banquet hall, containing stunning frescoes depicting mythological scenes inspired by the Trojan War, among the ruins of Pompeii. It's been described ...

“Art enthusiasts and history buffs alike aspire to lay eyes on the enigmatic smile of ... The ancient walls in Pompeii with Vesuvius in the background. This ancient Roman city in southern ...