New research finds that at least four individuals who died in the eruption were wearing woolen tunics and cloaks, which ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly ...

A study found some Pompeii victims died while wearing wool, complicating the eruption date of Mount Vesuvius, long believed ...

Archaeologists at a Pompeii site buried by the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius have uncovered evidence of ancient Roman ...

Some of the victims at Pompeii were wearing woolen cloaks when they died, even though it was August, new research finds.

Archeologists have discovered four new rooms in a house in Pompeii filled with household objects giving a rare glimpse into the final moments of life in middle-class homes before Mount Vesuvius' ...

In 79 C.E., an ash column with a mushroom top towered over the ancient Roman city of Pompeii as residents scrambled to flee the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The effects of the eruption were devastating ...

Earthquake activity as damaging as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius bears part of the blame for the total devastation of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 A.D., new research suggests. The ...

Earlier this year, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii published its findings from excavations of an orgiastic centre dedicated to the cult of Bacchus. The banquet hall is embellished with frenzied ...

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...

Pompeii officials said the men apparently escaped the initial fall of ash from Mount Vesuvius then succumbed to a powerful volcanic blast that took place the next morning. The casts of what are ...