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 ...

The remains of a young man, found in his bed in the destroyed town of Herculaneum, included glassy fragments that had mystified archaeologists ...

Heat from the eruption in A.D. 79 was so intense that it vitrified the brain tissue of one unfortunate Herculaneum resident, ...

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 ...