In the seaside resort town of Herculaneum, the beach is the final resting place of more than 330 residents who tried to flee ...

But archaeologists found few human remains in Herculaneum, unlike the perfectly preserved casts of bodies at Pompeii. That ...

Science The dramatic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, known for destroying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, has ...

Pompeii is often viewed as a city eternally locked in its final moments, but recent archaeological findings reveal how its ...

As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. According to most modern accounts, the story pretty much ends there: Both cities were wiped out, their ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of more than 200 survivors from the infamous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that ...

Mount Vesuvius blew its top 1,945 years ago, burying the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and and freezing ...

Pompeii and Herculaneum were two wealthy cities on ... outside the zone of the greatest destruction. Members of the Caltilius family married into another family of escapees, the Munatiuses.

As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. According to most modern accounts, the story pretty much ends there: Both cities were wiped out ...

Pompeii and Herculaneum were two wealthy cities on ... outside the zone of the greatest destruction. It seems as though most survivors stayed as close as they could to Pompeii.