As Mount Vesuvius erupted 2,000 years ago, two doomed residents of Pompeii clutched each other in their final moments. Trapped in an eternal embrace, they have come to be known as 'The Two Maidens ...

As Mount Vesuvius erupted 2,000 years ago, two doomed residents of Pompeii clutched each other in their final moments. Trapped in an eternal embrace, they have come to be known as 'The Two Maidens'.

Since the first-ever excavation of Pompeii in 1748, more and more has been discovered about the ancient city that was at the mercy of Mount Vesuvius. In 2020, for example, archaeologists ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii recently unearthed the well-preserved remains of two people believed to have died in an earthquake that accompanied the infamous volcanic eruption there almost 1,500 ...

It is now believed that the two Pompeii victims, known as "The Two Maidens", might have actually been young male gay lovers. So far, one of the bodies has been confirmed as male.

The two skeletons, believed to be men at least 55 years old, were found in the Casti Amanti, or House of Chaste Lovers — where colorful frescoes and the skeletons of mules who worked the ...

Pompeii and the nearby town of Herculaneum were never the same again after their tremendous natural disasters; the volcanic eruptions, debris and poisonous gases killed nearly 2,000 people, while ...

The preserved ancient Roman city of Pompeii is best known for the catastrophic volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the city in 79 CE. But the discovery of two skeletons at Italy’s ...

The home was buried beneath the ash and debris that wiped out Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. but elaborate frescoes painted onto its interior ... or House of Chaste Lovers, ...

Pompeii was destroyed by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., entombing residents under layers of volcanic ash. But there is more to this story of an ancient Roman city’s doom.