The Bronze Age footprints stand as a dark omen of the Roman-era disaster—one that clearly went unnoticed through centuries of ...

The painting “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” by English artist John Martin, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Courtesy of John Martin via Wikimedia Commons   Despite ...

The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history, killing up ... about 8 miles (13 km) east of Pompeii, Live Science reports.

For the past two years, citizen scientists and scholars have been working to reveal the previously hidden texts of the ...

Archaeologists in Italy found footprints of Pompeii inhabitants, revealing a dramatic flight from a bronze age Mount Vesuvius ...

Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during ...

Near the footprint site, archaeologists uncovered burials in tombs covered with tuff slabs, some engraved with decorations.

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...

Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred ...

Researchers have generated an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in volcanic ash with the ancient city of ...

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, is one of the most significant ...

Mount Vesuvius, the infamous volcano that looms over the Bay of Naples, is a destination that captivates travelers with its ...