In the ancient city of Pompeii, which was preserved under a blanket of ash and smoke from the Mount Vesuvius volcano eruption in 79 A.D., archaeologists ... complete story” of not just the city’s ...

"In the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum ... captured one of civilization's earliest encounters with volcanic destruction is a hole in the ground on a vacant, weed-choked lot, the ...

Pompeii was destroyed in the eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The sudden and deadly event left much of the structure intact, embalmed in volcanic ash, and the site is now a major ...

Pompeii officials said the men apparently escaped the initial fall of ash from Mount Vesuvius then succumbed to a powerful volcanic blast that took place the next morning. The later blast ...

A dense, high-speed rush of solidified lava called lapilli, volcanic ... because you can’t destroy mosaic floors and knock down frescoed walls—you start to see that Pompeii is a site with ...

Earthquake this week finally jolts authorities into action after decades of runaway construction puts half a million people ...

Archaeologist and author Rubén Montoya reviews the history of the famous location razed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

The two skeletons were found in the insula of the Casti Amanti, beneath a wall that collapsed before the area was covered in volcanic material ... the inferno that in two days completely destroyed the ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii unearthed a fresco on the wall of a house that may be the oldest known depiction of a pizza.

Five minutes from the ruins of Pompeii, Italy, the great Roman city destroyed by the volcano of Mt. Vesuvius, there is a an area called Valle di Pompeii where the town of Campania is located. In the ...

The W&M Department of Classical Studies offers a three-week intensive summer program in Ancient Roman Studies, emphasizing ...