In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of an ancient painter.” ...

Mount Vesuvius, the volcano responsible for the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD, remains one of the most ...

Robert Harris' 2003 novel ‘Pompeii' has been published in a stunning new edition by The Folio Society. The acclaimed British novelist is noted for his works of historical fiction, more recently ...

Credit: Pier Paolo Petrone. In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the Roman city of Herculaneum. Thousands of people were killed instantly. Now, scientists have made a shocking discovery ...

A unique, dark-colored organic glass found inside the skull of an individual who died in Herculaneum during the 79 CE Mount Vesuvius eruption likely formed when the person was killed by an extremely ...

Scientists have discovered the reason behind the transformation of a young man's brain to glass following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in 79 AD. In 2020, the researchers found the black ...

China on Saturday reopened the scenic area of Mt Everest, known as Mount Qomolangma, in the Tibet Autonomous Region after it was closed to the public following the January earthquake. The area was ...

Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that buried Herculaneum and Pompeii in 79 A.D. Credit: The Dronaut / CC BY-SA 4.0 Scientists examining the remains of a man who perished in the catastrophic eruption of ...

It is the first ever evidence of a fossilised brain being found following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago (Picture: Reuters) Mount Vesuvius was so hot it turned a man’s ...

Glass rarely forms naturally from organic materials. However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of Italy's Mount ...