Scientists examining the remains of a man who perished in the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. have made a rare and startling...

Archaeologists have uncovered a hall with a well-preserved large fresco in Pompeii, the Italian city devastated by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Archaeologists in Croatia have uncovered the remains of twin babies buried together in a Roman-era grave dating between the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D....

The ruins of Teos (Greek: Τέως), an ancient Greek city on Turkey’s western coast, have long remained untouched by modern construction, with...

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

Archaeologists have discovered a massive and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, providing new insights into...

The finding potentially re-writes our understanding of what happened when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.

The finding potentially re-writes our understanding of what happened when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.

The finding potentially re-writes our understanding of what happened when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, a young man's brain in Herculaneum turned to glass during Mount Vesuvius' eruption, due to extreme heat and rapid cooling....