When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, it wiped multiple Roman towns off the map — but it also froze them in time. Ash raining down from the volcano blanketed Pompeii and surrounding cities, preserving ...

Skull art depicting Memento Mori continued to be popular in Europe for millennia. For instance, archaeologists have found a ...

The city of Pompeii, buried by ash by the volcanic explosion of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been brought back to life for a ...

(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 ...

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series ...

The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A private thermal baths complex discovered by archaeologists in a villa in the ancient ...

ROME — Two skeletons have been found in the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city wiped out by an eruption of volcano Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, the Italian Culture Ministry said on ...