After the eruption, bodies of the victims at Pompeii were famously preserved in a protective shell of ash before they eventually decayed. Since the mid 1800s, the voids that these bodies left ...

Mt. Vesuvius preserved the shapes of its victims at Pompeii. But while those shapes remain at the site today, bones and teeth are all that's left of the people inside. NYC TikTok star Eva Evans ...

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 ...

At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a so-called ‘pizza’, and make a grisly discovery.

Archaeologists discovered rare paintings, showing Helen of Troy and other Greek figures, in the lost Roman city of Pompeii 2000 years after the deadly volcanic eruption. The paintings were ...

Ancient Romans were enjoying more than just the food during their feasts, a new discovery at the archaeological site of Pompeii has shown. Archaeologists working at the world-famous site have ...

Must Farm a Bronze Age village in England that has yielded a treasure trove of artifacts is been dubbed "England's Pompeii." ...

A group of archaeologists excavating the doomed city of Pompeii found quite the surprise earlier this week: a banquet hall complete with paintings inspired by the Trojan War. The discovery was ...

Episode 1: “The Bodies” premieres Wednesday, May 15 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV - Archaeologists embark on the biggest dig in a generation at Pompeii. Told through the drama of the dig, imagine what life ...

The discovery of some of the finest paintings ever found in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii has thrilled archaeologists, who say they found a “spectacular” large banqueting room ...

But Pompeii is the gift that just keeps on giving. Partly because – despite how long we have been working on it – there is still so much to uncover: one-third of the ancient city is still yet ...

Pompeii: The New Dig is a new three-part series ... In the first episode the archaeological team make a shocking discovery of three bodies, in a small room next to the bakery.