This final episode of a three-part series exploring the intertwined histories of Pompeii and Vesuvius investigates how the remains of the eruption's victims illuminate their lives - and their deaths.

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it unleashed a torrent of destruction that obliterated Pompeii and neighboring towns.

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...

"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...

Scientists sampled tiny bone fragments sealed inside several Pompeii casts and tested DNA and isotopes to ask, and answer, ...

A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...

The City of Rocky Mount is hosting its second of two public meetings this week for community members to discuss the budget issues. The city says all departments will have some reductions, including ...

Brian Hicks’ recent column paints a picture of Mount Pleasant Town Council sneaking through a possibly illegal “15 percent tax increase” just before an election. That narrative makes for catchy ...

Geoscientists have long known that the extent of the mountain glaciers in what is now the western U.S. shrank and grew over the last 11,700 years, a timeframe known as the Holocene. In the warm early ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Mount Carmel East hospital employee was seriously injured after being stabbed Tuesday morning, according to a Columbus public safety dispatcher. The call for the reported stabbing ...

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown. By Franz Lidz Of all end times tales, the ...

A Graham farm helped detect Mount Rainier's largest earthquake swarm. It hosts one of about 650 seismic stations operated by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. The PNSN relies on public and ...