Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series ...

Excavators in Pompeii recently unearthed the remains of two more victims of the ancient volcanic eruption that encased the lost Roman city in ash and debris. Archaeologists said their skeletons were ...

Amazing discovery of a large villa outside of the city of Pompeii, Italy. Mt. Vesuvius, near the city of Pompeii, Italy, erupted in 79 A.D., wiping out an entire town. Hundreds of years later, ...

There’s some serious unpacking underway at the Saint Louis Science Center. Experts are opening up crates holding vases, frescoes, and other artifacts as they set up Pompeii: The Exhibition, which ...

To mark the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the image of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii on Nov. 13, Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to contemplate the life of Christ ...

In A.D. 79, the city of Pompeii was buried under an avalanche of ash and rocks from arguably the most famous volcanic eruption in history: Mount Vesuvius. Though historians still argue over the exact ...