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

The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was ... After the eruption, bodies of the victims at Pompeii were famously preserved in a protective shell of ash before they eventually decayed.

From ancient Roman structures under homes to Viking jewelry in a wetland, here are some of the latest archaeological ...

At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a so-called ‘pizza’, and make a grisly discovery.

Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding ... University and the University of Florence in Italy, relied on genetic material preserved for ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks ... discovery we are presenting is historic,” said Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli, who ...

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of an ancient painter.” ...