Researchers investigated Pompeii's water system, including the "water castle" pictured here, which served as the water distribution structure for Pompeii's aqueduct. Cees Passchier Pompeii’s public ...

A trip to Pompeii’s public baths meant taking a dip in water contaminated with sweat and urine – until the Romans took over and sanitation improved. It’s easy to think of ancient Pompeii as a typical ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE released thermal energy roughly equivalent to 100,000 times the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II, spewing molten rock, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bath time in ancient Pompeii has been revealed as not the wholesome and clean experience as some might have thought. A new study ...

The public baths of Pompeii were social hubs of the city—places to gossip, relax, and wash. But for much of their early history, you might have been cleaner before you stepped in. New research ...

In the hills of ancient Turkey lies Alaca Höyük — home to polygonal stonework that rivals Inca sites, built by the Hittites more than 3,000 years ago. How did they shape these megaliths with such ...

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient world. Alamy Chronicle's illustration of "Joshua at Jericho." Jericho's ...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — Hunters in Arkansas have just under a month to apply for a chance at one of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s managed permit-only turkey hunts. The hunts will take place ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking the public to report sightings of turkey flocks. The Game Commission traps and attaches leg bands to turkeys during the winter to monitor populations.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking the public to report sightings of turkey flocks. The Game Commission traps and attaches ...

Archaeologists uncover a 2,600-year-old Kubaba Temple at Oluz Mound in Turkey, revealing rare evidence of Iron Age rituals.

Limescale deposits in the buried city's wells, pipes, and bathing facilities show hygienic conditions were poor, say scientists. Pompeii was Pompeii was covered in several feet of volcanic ash, pumice ...