A new permanent exhibition at Pompeii tells the full story of the ancient city’s destruction through casts, and accessible ...

Pompeii didn't begin with the Romans. It was fundamentally an Oscan city, also influenced by the Etruscans and Greeks.

Why is there only one firsthand account of the Vesuvius eruption? How is it possible the Romans had such well-cared-for teeth ...

More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first ...

The Roman city of Pompeii was the site of one of Antiquity’s biggest tragedies. Between 10,000 and 20,000 people lived in it in AD79. When the nearby Vesuvius volcano erupted, Pompeii (and most of its ...

Pompeii, Italy (AP) — More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first time Thursday in a permanent exhibition. The casts, ...

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was the gravest natural disaster to strike Italy during the peak of the Roman Empire, killing more than a thousand people in nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny ...

Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii following the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins, the directors of the famous site said ...

New excavations in Pompeii's Insula Meridionalis quarter have confirmed long-held suspicions that people returned to the ancient Roman city after the volcanic eruption in A.D. 79. When you purchase ...