Ancient DNA taken from the Pompeii victims of Mount Vesuvius' eruption nearly 2,000 years ago reveals that some people's relationships were not what they seemed, according to a new study. For instance ...

Italy's Mount Vesuvius famously erupted in AD 79, killing thousands of people and leaving the nearby city of Pompeii in ruins. According to popular narrative, in the following 1,500 years until its ...

Archeologists in Pompeii have unearthed the remains of a man and a woman who died trapped in the room of a home during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The discovery was made in Region IX, ...

(Reuters) - It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark ...

(CNN) – Archaeologists at the buried city of Pompeii in Italy have unearthed the skeletal remains of a man and woman, along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry. The find was part of a dig in ...

ROME — Skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave attempting to escape death from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago have been discovered in ...

A general view of the the archaeological excavations of Herculaneum in southern Italy. Big news for history buffs and the morbidly curious: An ancient Roman beach is now open to the public for the ...

The exhibition isn’t just entertainment, it offers a haunting yet eye-opening glimpse into the lives frozen by Mount Vesuvius, nearly 2,000 years ago.

The beach at the Herculaneum archaeological park, located in the southern Italian region of Campania, opened on Wednesday after a multi-year restoration project. "Today, after three years of intensive ...