Excavators in Pompeii recently unearthed the remains of two more victims of the ancient volcanic eruption that encased the lost Roman city in ash and debris. Archaeologists said their skeletons ...

Investigators making the shocking find saw that the remains had dark substances inside the cavity that resembled obsidian.

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ... works were about 100 years old when the volcano erupted. "Both the frieze in the House ...

By 79, Pompeii had a population of 20,000. The eruption lasted for two days ... pyroclastic flows began near the volcano, consisting of high-speed, dense and extremely hot ash clouds.

Travelers to Pompeii uncover ancient artifacts and vibrant frescoes, revealing life before Mount Vesuvius erupted.

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the nearly ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ash deposits, which is extremely unusual," study lead author Valentina ...