You've probably heard of Pompeii. That long-lost, ancient city, destroyed by one of the most devastating volcanic eruptions ...

Around the world, museums are grappling with the question of what to do with human remains. This includes lifelike copies of those who may have died traumatically.

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The result allow us to see the positions in which people perished. Since the mid 1800s, the voids left by the bodies have been filled with plaster to recreate their final moments. Pompeii remains ...

For instance, in one room of 13 people, at least six were found to be closely ... In 2018, the ancient remains of a horse were found in Pompeii's Villa of the Mysteries, with its bones remarkably ...

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marveling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring ...

A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.

Last October, archaeologists in Pompeii unearthed a rare tiny home and elaborate frescoes while excavating the site. A few months before that, excavators discovered the remains of two more victims ...

Archaeology is having a moment, thanks to technology like LiDAR, satellite mapping and artificial intelligence.

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways ...

A fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter, also called a pyroclastic flow, followed, burying the area. Experts believe the ash cloud turned the man's brain into glass because the ...