And now, researchers investigating artifacts from the neighboring ... nearly complete passages to be decoded from the charred, brittle Herculaneum scrolls. The hundreds of burnt papyrus scrolls ...

The town of Herculaneum was buried by volcanic matter, entombing some of its residents. A team of researchers has been studying the remains of ... Analysis of charred wood found near the body ...

Buildings and bodies were encased in a flow of molten lava, mud and gas that fell on Herculaneum in AD79 at a speed of at least 80km/h (50 mph). The man's remains ... stones charred by the fire ...