For the very first time, scientists have been able to fully sequence the DNA of a man who died in the eruption. His remains ...

An ornate "blue room," distinguished by depictions of female figures on the cerulean-painted walls, was newly excavated by ...

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

These municipalities are primarily in the general area of Pompeii. But they tended to be north of Mount Vesuvius, outside the zone of the greatest destruction. It seems as though most survivors ...

These municipalities are primarily in the general area of Pompeii. But they tended to be north of Mount Vesuvius, outside the zone of the greatest destruction. It seems as though most survivors ...

In the last episode of PBS’s new docuseries, archaeologists discover remarkable graffiti and shrine offerings that bring the ...

Remains of two bodies uncovered in Pompeii (Pompeii Archaeological Park ... the ancient city near Naples that was destroyed ...

By the first century C.E., Pompeii was a bustling seaside Roman town on the southwest coast of Italy with an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants. Nearby Mount Vesuvius began erupting in late ...

Pompeii is an ancient Roman city that was buried by volcanic ash during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and largely remained hidden for centuries before it was officially rediscovered in ...

During an ongoing archaeological excavation of more than 13,000 rooms in a Pompeii archeological park—a location preserved by the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD—researchers found one room ...

Artist's illustration of Mount Vesuvius erupting. An infamous eruption of the volcano in A.D. 79 destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Artist's illustration of Mount Vesuvius erupting.