UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls that were ...

Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption took place in AD 79. But more than 2,000 years before this, the volcano suffered an even ...

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From Rome to Mexico, here are 11 educational trips you can take during half term with direct flights from Manchester Airport.

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

An Intact Roman ‘Ceremonial Chariot’ Discovered Beneath an Ancient Villa, Reveals Last Moments of Those Who Lived in It Experts at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy found an almost intact ...

A spectacular necropolis just outside Naples contains stunning tombs that were carved into rock by the ancient Greeks who ...

Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...

Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

The iconic Greek holiday island is literally shaking, and residents are escaping while they can.