Most films that shackle a love story to a historical disaster create tension through a simple when-will question. When will the ship hit the iceberg? When will the Japanese attack? When will the ...

Pompeii has served as a morbid theme park for tourists for the past 250 years or so, a place where you can stroll through the ancient Roman streets, visit the bakeries and brothels, and stare at the ...

ROME (AP) — Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped ...

About 2,000 years ago, a once-glorious ancient city met its end due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This city was Pompeii, located near Naples, Italy, which boasted the most splendid civilization ...

It wasn’t until the 18th century that Pompeii and the nearby city of Herculaneum were unearthed with ancient artifacts, ...

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

They could have watched a volcano bury an ancient Roman seaport, or seen Kevin Costner try to save the world and his marriage in three days flat. Instead, moviegoers kept going, and going back, to The ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...