More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first time Thursday in a permanent exhibition. The casts, which scholars call ...

In 79 CE, one of the most infamous tragedies of antiquity rocked the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Mount Vesuvius erupted, ...

Pompeii ash uncovers Roman rituals using imported incense, local plants, and wine, showing how global trade reached into ...

Pompeii didn't begin with the Romans. It was fundamentally an Oscan city, also influenced by the Etruscans and Greeks.

Today we will take you through the streets of Pompeii and show you what happened on the fateful day when the Pompeii volcano ...

Heritage is at the heart of a wine making project in Pompeii that is aiming to re-establish the southern Italian volcanic region's age-old reputation for producing quality grapes from within the walls ...

A new chemical and microscopic analysis of Pompeii residues documents a sacrificial rite that had only been previously ...

The burnt remains of incense burned in rituals has turned up amidst the petrified remains of Pompeii in Italy for the first ...

Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient "machine gun" while the city was under siege. A study has uncovered compelling evidence that Roman forces ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., roughly 2,000 people were trapped in the ancient city of Pompeii. The victims who died in the disaster have inspired artworks, movies and TV shows, and today, ...