A semi-fictionalized documentary series hosted by actor Tom Hiddleston follows three people in the ancient towns of Pompeii ...

A full Herculaneum scroll "unwrapped" with technology reveals new texts, titles and authors unknown to history and ushers in a new era for the study of the ancient world.

From vintage wine to restored frescoes, National Geographic gained access to thousands of fragile artifacts that capture the ...

History lovers can rejoice over the recent announcement of the restoration of a fresco lost during the disastrous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii, Italy. The Pompeii Archaeological Park has ...

We all know the plaster casts of Pompeii, haunting human snapshots of people caught in their final moments during the ...

But only one features actor Tom Hiddleston taking on the role of a “time detective” to bring the people of Pompeii to vivid ...

Archaeologists working at Pompeii have pieced together fragments of a frescoed vaulted ceiling from a banquet hall in Regio ...

It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our ...

Before Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in ash, it was a thriving city filled with busy homes and bustling streets.

Previously hidden text revealed without unrolling scroll discusses stoic philosophy on ethics, art and human behaviour ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting ...

Archaeologists at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a victim of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that ...