Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the Italian ...

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown.

New DNA analysis of skeletal remains from Pompeii reveals that victims of Vesuvius’s eruption have been wrongly identified.

The seat is across from the entrance to the Villa of the Mysteries, a large property full of beautiful frescoes located just ...

Scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of a man who died after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD for the first time. Researchers studied the remains of two individuals found in a ...

Was Pompeii named after Pompey? Was there a tsunami in Pompeii? Why was Pompeii bombed in WWII? Join Historian & Author Daisy Dunn as she answers the most searched Google questions about Pompeii.