Researchers are studying one of the best-preserved trilobite fossils ever discovered, which are about 500 million years old.

Volcanic ash covered and preserved many of the bodies. The remains of the town were initially discovered in 1599 and by the 19th Century, ... Pompeii body casts. CREDIT: ...

Several bodies were found in the "Villa of the Mysteries" in 1909–1910, known for its decorative frescoes dedicated to Bacchus, the god of wine, religious ecstasy, and fertility.

Some of the bodies of Pompeii were also preserved in plaster, but not from Mount Vesuvius and not in 79 CE. In the 1860s and 1870s, ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered two immaculately preserved statues which depict a man ... by the E-Journal of the Excavations of Pompeii. “Both the bodies and heads of the well-to-do ...

Then, before their bodies could collapse or rot, they were preserved in place by a slow-moving lahar. Now, excavations at Lujiatun continue – with new discoveries each year.

Ancient Pompeii has never ceased to astonish. During one of the very earliest excavations there, in 1772, participants were stunned by the impressions left in the hard debris by the bodies of ...

POMPEII, Italy (WKRC) - Archaeologists excavating the buried city of Pompeii discovered a pair of bodies clutching a trove of precious metals and jewelry. Before 2023, an area of Pompeii called ...

A volcanic eruption in what’s now Morocco preserved ancient trilobite specimens in nearly pristine condition about half a billion years ago, according to a new study.

The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 05:42. When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries ...

Pompeii alone is believed to have been inhabited by about 20,000 people. Most escaped. But archaeologists estimate that about 2000 lingered too long , or decided to ride the disaster out.