The eruption in 79 A.D. actually took place over two days, giving Pompeii residents roughly a day to escape but still killing over 1,000 people. The ruins catch people “in the act of making hard ...

The story of Pompeii is familiar even to those who have never set foot on its grounds — an ancient Roman city, forever ...

According to archaeologists, the canal was supposedly built after Sulla's siege of Pompeii during the Social War (91-87 BC), a conflict between the Roman Republic and several autonomous allies ...

The ruins of a small Roman temple were recently discovered in Italy, officials said ... out to be much more unique →Construction near Pompeii unearths dozens of 2,000-year-old burials → ...

An exclusive collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Pompeii in Italy, the Grand Palais in France and the National ...

consult our list of the best Italy tours to view traveler-approved companies. During the tour, visitors will get to hike up Mount Vesuvius and wander around Pompeii. Tours offer more background ...

ROME (AP) — Madonna will celebrate her 66th birthday with a private evening tour of the famed Italian archaeological ... have been excavating the ruins of Pompeii, regularly uncovering ...

Instead of Mount Vesuvius’s volcanic eruption in 79 AD almost entirely covering Pompeii until the 16th century, Emperor Trajan sends your family to the city ruins 20 years later in an effort to ...