In 79 C.E., Pompeii, some 14 miles southeast of Naples, was a luxurious resort city. By then it was part ... had hardened into the shape of their bodies at the time of death.

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

Italia [ENA] Pompeii, the eternal city buried by the fury of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, continues to reveal its secrets. A ...

While the physical bodies from which they were created are ... at a museum in the ancient city of Pompeii, southern Italy, in 1866. (Photo by Hulton Archive / Getty Images) Moreover, audiences ...

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ... ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks, offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79 ...

said the director of Pompeii, Gabriel Zuchtriegel. The once-thriving city of Pompeii and the surrounding countryside in southern Italy were submerged by ash when Mount Vesuvius exploded ...

Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ... the thriving Roman cities of Pompeii, burning the area under metres ...

ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount ...