Volcanoes, with their sheer power and captivating beauty, have mesmerized the human imagination for centuries. These ...

The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

It wasn’t until the 18th century that Pompeii and the nearby city of Herculaneum were unearthed with ancient artifacts, ...

A lone skull discovered near the walls of an ancient fort highlights the Romans' brutal treatment of their conquered foes.

Other Roman emperors met far more bloody ends than the cheese-loving Antoninus. Nero committed suicide; Galba was murdered by ...

For nearly two millennia, a library entombed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius remained silent. Among its shelves—now ...