In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, spewing ash and small volcanic pellets known as lapilli over the city of Pompeii. Nearly ...

Every year, archeologists stumble across remains that shed light on the culture, politics, and daily life of Pompeii.

If you think Mount Vesuvius is scary, wait until you hear about Campi Flegrei! This supervolcano has 24 underground craters and makes Vesuvius look small in comparison. The crazy part? Half a million ...

In a house in the ruins of Pompeii, archeologists have discovered evidence that a family of four attempted to barricade a ...

Archaeologists unearthed skeletal remains of four people in a well-appointed Roman home, along with signs of their efforts to ...

A new discovery from Pompeii is shedding light on the horrific scenes after the volcanic explosion, including that of one ...

To train their model, Roth and Nowak manually annotated thousands of slices of the scroll, labeling each trace of ink or ...

RESEARCHERS have deciphered the title and author of a charred scroll destroyed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption 2,000 years ago ...

A sealed Herculaneum scroll yields its secrets—revealing a lost philosophical treatise by Philodemus through virtual ...

Almost 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius exploded, scholars continue to uncover extraordinary archaeological remains ...

The city of Pompeii has been buried by Mount Vesuvius's eruption since 79 AD, and it's one of the most well-known archaeological sites in modern times. Excavations on the city began in the 1700s ...