(CNN) — It’s late summer 2,850 years ago. A fire engulfs a stilt village perched above a boggy, slow-moving river that weaves though the wetlands of eastern England. The tightly packed roundhouses, ...

Long before Pompeii, volcanic eruptions of Mount Vesuvius buried Afragola, a bronze age village in Italy, study of ancient plant life shows. Photo from Monica Stanzione, Giuliana Boenzi, Elena ...

An illustration of the Bronze Age stilt settlement uncovered at Must Farm in eastern England. According to the team, the site provides them with a unique blueprint for the circular architecture, home ...

ROME (AP) -- A cluster of huts that once formed part of a Bronze Age village has been unearthed about 3,500 years after they were buried in a volcanic eruption not far from another, more-famous doomed ...

Centuries before ash covered the streets of Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried life in this ancient village in Italy, according to researchers. Construction of a high-speed train near Naples, ...