Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.

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

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under ... to 40-30 B.C., meaning the works were about 100 years old when the volcano erupted. "Both the frieze in the House of Thiasus and in the Villa of ...

Around the world, museums are grappling with the question of what to do with human remains. This includes lifelike copies of ...

Although Pompeii and Herculaneum were both destroyed, their experiences of the eruption were different ... final positions at the moment of death. At Herculaneum, extreme heat (400–500°C ...

The glass-like substance was found in 2020 in the skull of a person who died in the eruption near Pompeii in 79 AD ... Gene Hackman deaths 'not typical' as sheriff shares major new update ...

His tumultuous life, marked by violence, scandal and an untimely death ... and active volcanoes in the world. Its eruption in AD 79 famously destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum ...