POMPEII, Italy — In a few horrible hours, Pompeii was turned from a vibrant city into an ash-embalmed wasteland, smothered by a furious volcanic eruption in A.D. 79.

In Pompeii, which was buried in volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago, exposure to the elements and 2.5 million tourists a year pose a threat to the ruins.

DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were Integrating genetic data with historic and archaeological data can enrich or correct popular narratives.

In an apparently strange reversal, however, the tombs in Pompeii, the city of the dead, were, unlike the catacombs of Naples and Rome, rarely the subjects of necropolitan meditations.

Plaster casts of calcified Pompeii residents have long been used by archaeologists to tell the stories of the last, desperate ...

Organized by the office of Pompeii’s archaeological superintendent, the exhibition includes nearly 500 objects (sculpture, jewelry, frescoes, household objects and plaster casts of the dead ...

Secrets of the Dead: Last Days of Pompeii is a co-production of RAI Documentari, GEDEON Programmes, and Roller Coaster Road Productions LLC, in association with The WNET Group.Produced by Steve ...

The museum's current exhibition, Pompeii: Inside a Lost City, displays resin copies of 19th and 20th century casts of those who perished in the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. Through the ...

One might even question whether disturbing it is an offense to the dead. But “true archaeology,” according to ... explore—a nearly 1,000-square-foot tract in a wealthier area of Pompeii, ...

Plaster casts of calcified Pompeii residents have long been used by archaeologists to tell the stories of the last, desperate moments of ancient Romans before they were buried and preserved in ...