Archaeologists have revitalized a Roman flower garden in Pompeii that survived an earthquake in 62 A.D. before being buried ...

It’s been nearly 2,000 years since the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was destroyed, buried in ash after the eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius. To build excitement for its new exhibit, “A Day ...

Two victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were found in recent archaeological excavations of Pompeii. One was found on a bed, holding a small treasure of gold, bronze and silver ...

The Roman city of Pompeii was devastated following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Pompeii was quickly buried by volcanic ash, killing about 2,000 of the city’s residents, ...

New excavations in the ancient buried city of Pompeii have yielded a truly historic find: a charcoal inscription apparently dating the eruption of Mount Vesuvius to October of A.D. 79, ...

This eruption predates the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius by over a thousand years. Despite the devastation, the area continued to be inhabited afterward, as people returned to rebuild and ...

Archaeologists estimate that 15% to 20% of Pompeii's population died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, mostly from thermal shock as a giant cloud of gases and ash covered the city.