New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the charred victims are entirely false, according to a new study. Researchers ...

In 79 AD, Italy’s Mount Vesuvius exploded, raining ash and volcanic debris down on the city of Pompeii and its tens of thousands of residents. In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases ...

Plaster casts of calcified Pompeii residents have long been used by archaeologists to tell the stories of the last, desperate moments of ancient Romans before they were buried and preserved in ...

Those four weren’t a family. That pair wasn’t a mother and daughter. And perhaps none of the other narratives meant to illuminate who perished together in the ancient eruption of Mount ...

Remains of two individuals found in the Casa del Fabbro, or House of the Craftsman, in Pompeii, captured in a photograph taken in 1934 Researchers studying human remains from Pompeii have ...

ROME (AP) — Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and ...

Recent research may have reshaped our understanding of the victims of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. For centuries, archaeologists and ...

A kitchen shrine adorned with serpents, a bakery, human skeletons, exquisite frescos, and yes, a picture of something that looks very much like pizza. These are among the new finds being turned up ...