The Pompeii Archaeological Park recently shared a picture of a cast of a dog that perished in the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

ROME (AP) - Skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave attempting to escape death from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago have been ...

The bodies of a rich man and his male slave were found at an excavation site at Civita Giuliana, a suburb of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by the volcano eruption in 79 A.D.

Archeologists in Pompeii have unearthed the remains of a man and a woman who died trapped in a room during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

Pompeii officials said the men apparently escaped the initial fall of ash from Mount Vesuvius, then succumbed to a powerful volcanic blast that took place the next morning.

Pompeii officials said the men apparently escaped the initial fall of ash from Mount Vesuvius then succumbed to a powerful volcanic blast that took place the next morning.