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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists think the bench may have been used by visitors who came to meet with the villa's owner. Archaeological Park of Pompeii At the entrance of a famous villa in Pompeii, researchers have ...

Those who live in Rocky Mount are looking at increased utility bills after a serious financial crisis was uncovered in a recent review of the budget. The city was found to have spent millions more ...