It has traditionally been accepted by most scholars that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the southern Italian ...

Academics have spent centuries debating over the real date on which Vesuvius decimated Pompeii. Now, the park itself has ...

Jewelry, homes and other clues hinted at relationships. DNA reveals something different.

They were turned to carbonized lumps by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Now, scientists are offering £400,000 to the person who can decipher the charred Herculaneum Scrolls.

To get a clearer picture of what everyday life in ancient Rome was really like, visit the well-preserved (and unlucky) city ...

The original date of August 24th is derived from the letters of Pliny the Younger, who witnessed the eruption and documented ...