Uranus, of course, is the seventh planet from the sun, 1.6 billion miles from Earth at their closest orbits. It was in the ...

It was AD 79 when the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii under layers of ash during a two-day tempest. Today, the 66-hectare archaeological site offers visitors a snapshot of daily ...

Alissa Mittnik from the Max Planck Institute in Germany studied new DNA evidence from the Pompeii victims, disproving past ...

Last year, more than four million people - the vast majority during the summer months - visited Pompeii, an ancient Roman city buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago.

Last year more than four million people visited Pompeii, an ancient Roman city buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago. This year is expected to beat this. Some 3.84 million ...

Last year more than four million people visited Pompeii, an ancient Roman city buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago. This year is expected to beat this. PAY ATTENTION: Follow us ...

Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed ... material preserved for nearly two millennia. After Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the Roman city in 79 A.D., bodies ...

Pliny, like the inhabitants of Herculaneum, Pompeii and the various other towns planted on Vesuvius’s foothills, had no idea that it was a volcano. And so, when it erupted, the great encyclopedist ...

Recent research suggests the exceptional fossils from China's Yixian Formation were preserved through natural sediment ...

Bakers used to be fined if their loaves were underweight so they added an extra loaf to every dozen, hence the term “Baker’s ...