In the ancient Greek city of Aspendos, Turkey, archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable marble statue of Hermes, the Greek ...

A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super ...

Why archaeologists are increasingly leaving historic sites untouched until we have less destructive technologies for studying ...

The Herculaneum resident, killed by the volcanic eruption in 79 CE, presents the only known vitrified brain on Earth. Now, ...

Ever since archaeologists first discovered the ruins of Pompeii – the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount ...

The suddenness of Mount Vesuvius's eruption, has given us an incomparable look into Roman life 2,000 years ago.

The excavations, which were part of a public field school, will continue in 2025 and booking is now open. Over the past five years, excavations have focused on the courtyard of Mynachlog Fawr farm ...

A Japanese researcher has raised ¥8.38 million through a crowdfunding campaign for dinosaur fossil excavation surveys to be conducted mainly in the U.S. state of Alaska. The campaign, launched ...

Brent Seales to discuss the virtual unwrapping of the iconic Herculaneum Scrolls via innovative machine ... which illustrated the immense progress achieved since their excavation 200 years ago. Abbot ...

This important discovery was made during a recent excavation campaign led by Dr Elisa Iori, an assistant professor at University of Venice and deputy director of Italian Archaeological Mission in ...

Over a thousand scrolls were found in the remains of Herculaneum, but the secrets of what was written are only just beginning to be revealed in detail. This undated image made available by Vesuvius ...