Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

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

The past three centuries of sporadic excavations at the grand houses of Pompeii have largely remained at eye level. And for ...

Italy's Pompeii is the stuff of legend, conjuring images of humans huddled or sprawled as if in torment, forever encased in the massive cloud of hot ash from nearby Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in 79 ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered an Egyptian vessel reused in a street-food kitchen revealing evidence of trade and ...

Archaeologists think the bench may have been used by visitors who came to meet with the villa's owner. Archaeological Park of Pompeii At the entrance of a famous villa in Pompeii, researchers have ...