New DNA analysis of the charred victims of the Pompeii disaster in 79AD has rewritten history about some of the doomed town’s residents. The giant Mount Vesuvius eruption released a 20ft layer of ash ...

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

We’ve called so many crises in the past five years “unprecedented.” Maybe it’s time we admit that history has seen worse – and use that to our advantage. Certainly, recent world events have often been ...

Even though it occurred almost 2000 years ago, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 is still one of the most famous disasters in history. The incredible thing about the event was that the Roman ...

Many people want to leave their mark on history, but scratching your initials into ancient structures at a UNESCO World Heritage Site isn’t the wisest way to do it. Thanks to one unnamed British ...

Amid the unearthed sculptures and grand artwork that display the affluence of the once-grand city of Pompeii before its destruction, there's a little drawing of the outline of a hand and some stick ...

Archeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the cultural life of the city before it was ...