Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.

A new study suggests Pompeii may have faced an ancient Greek "machine gun" from the island of Rhodes during Sulla’s Roman ...

The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...

Bastille’s 2013 hit 'Pompeii,' once the most-streamed song of all time in the UK, has surpassed two billion streams on Spotify.

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

Since 1863, archaeologists have made more than 100 plaster casts, which show how victims died after Mount Vesuvius erupted in ...

Director Gianfranco Rosi builds an intimate city portrait of Naples, filled with people leading bustling modern lives in the ...

A new exhibition has shown off the agonising final moments of the residents of Pompeii after they were buried in volcanic ash. Pompeii's Archaeological Park has put 22 plaster casts on show, taken ...

The first permanent exhibition of Pompeii’s historic casts is now on display in Italy, paying homage to those who were brutally killed after being engulfed by an inundation of volcanic ash. The ...

A massive volcanic eruption can cool the planet within months. What happens next may take centuries. Currently, this potential consequence is a large part of current research being conducted on the ...

A compositional analysis of cement (overlayed to right) in Pompeii – credit Archaeological Park of Pompeii A scientist who figured out the secret behind ancient Rome’s self-repairing concrete has ...