Hamas has handed two hostages over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip as part of its ceasefire deal with Israel.

The baths, directly annexed to a banquet hall, offer a glimpse into the opulent lifestyles of Pompeii's elite prior to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ... sad’: EastEnders icon to leave soap ...

But a series of new excavations is painting a much more complex picture of the city tragically buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79. New archaeological finds — including 2,000 ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., it covered the ... much of what’s been written about about this American icon. We’re all big readers here at Smithsonian magazine.

which scarcely heard the proclamation of Christ before being buried in 79 A.D. during an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, only to emerge centuries later from its ashes as a witness to the lights and ...

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

This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...

UK scientists have announced what they term a “historic breakthrough,” after the first image of the inside of a scroll ...

A papyrus scroll carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago is slowly being read once again thanks to ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were found in the 1750s in the remains of a lavish villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum, which along with neighboring Pompeii was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius ...