A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in ...

I love exploring the world of ancient Rome, with its grand architecture, fascinating culture, and stories of larger-than-life ...

Located about 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) southeast of Naples in what’s now Italy’s Campania region, Pompeii was ...

A bustling port city of close to 20,000 people, Pompeii was buried beneath 20 feet of ash and pumice, which preserved its ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries.

On August 24, 79 A.D., the city of Pompeii, a thriving port of the Roman Empire, was frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, burying the city and its people. Remarkably ...

A bustling port city of close to 20,000 people, Pompeii was buried beneath 20 feet of ash and pumice, which preserved its contents (including glass objects, stored in cupboards) and left a record ...