A new permanent exhibition has opened in Pompeii that shows plaster casts of people killed in the Mount Vesuvius eruption, frozen in their final moments.

For the first time, more than 20 casts of those who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii in 79 AD, are going on display together in a new, permanent exhibition. The residents of the ...

It’s a place to have a spa day fit for an emperor. The largest private Roman bathhouse ever found in the ruined ancient city of Pompeii has been discovered recently by archaeologists under a pile of ...

Washington and Lee University classics Professor Rebecca Benefiel addressed the University of Wisconsin community Thursday in a talk titled, “Ancient Writing and Reading: Culture and communication ...

Shrouded from astronomers’ view by dense clouds, Earth’s “sister planet” Venus is slowly giving up some of its secrets. A lava tube beneath the Venusian surface — the first ever detected — could help ...

In a ground-breaking archeological dig, researchers discovered a grand staircase which leads to a “lost Pompeii” and housed the Roman elite. It was previously thought the staircase inside Pompeii’s ...

The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever frozen under ...

In a ground-breaking archaeological excavation, researchers uncovered a grand staircase leading to a "lost Pompeii" where the Roman elite lived. It was previously believed the staircase inside Pompeii ...