We need to have backups already in place before disaster strikes, whether that’s warehouses in different towns, top-notch ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Underwater archaeologists found a Roman breakwater made from recycled architectural fragments off the coast of Bacoli in ...

A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...

An expert said there could be more scrolls out there as artificial intelligence and other new technology helps to decipher ...

The "Ringed Lady" of Herculaneum is one of the most important discoveries from the ancient city that was buried by the ...

The museum, which is reachable only by the newly reopened Pacific Coast Highway, will be open limited hours from 10 a.m. to 5 ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, preserving Roman life in ash. Recent discoveries, including exotic animal bones, vitrified brains, erotic art, and children ...

IT was an ordinary day when Mount Vesuvius plastered nearby towns in thick volcanic ash 2,000 years ago. A treasure trove of objects was buried, each giving an insight into the lives people led. Bu… ...

The mission is part of a huge scaling up of efforts to decipher the ‘Herculaneum scrolls’, burnt and buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, after text inside one of them was ...

An aerial view of Mount Vesuvius reveals its gaping crater. The volcano's massive eruption in 79 A.D. destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii. Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta, Nat Geo Image Collection ...