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

Almost 600 members will be visiting the community in the coming weeks. The CBC's Dez Loreen has more.

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Archaeologists exploring what Pompeii was like before it was famously destroyed by Mount Vesuvius have made a huge discovery ...

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

I found myself in a small town in Northern Japan called Unosumai. The town had been completely wiped out by the earthquake ...

“Here we demonstrate that material with glassy appearance found within the skull of a seemingly male human body entombed ...

Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum A fragment of the organic glass found inside the skull of the deceased ...

A fragment of the organic glass found inside the skull of the deceased individual in Herculaneum, 2024Credit: Pier Paolo Petrone But the extreme heat from the short-lived ash cloud that swept ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius produced such a hot ash cloud that it turned victims' brains into glass, according to a new study. Researchers have unearthed a piece of dark-coloured organic glass ...

At Pompeii in Italy, archeologists have uncovered a sensational fresco depicting a mysterious cult of raving, intoxicated ...