The victim, who was crushed by an enormous stone while trying to escape, is the latest in a series of discoveries at a ...

Investigators making the shocking find saw that the remains had dark substances inside the cavity that resembled obsidian.

Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new light on the power held by priestesses ...

Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 transformed one unfortunate Herculaneum resident’s brain into organic glass ...

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ash deposits, which is extremely unusual," study lead author Valentina ...

which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was preserved by the volcano's ash. It was not rediscovered until 1748. According to many ...

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced the discovery of ancient murals that shed light on ...

Two rare and almost life-seized statues have been discover during the digging of a massive tomb in Pompeii, Italy.According ...