As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown. By Franz Lidz Of all end times tales, the ...

Fascinating artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city doomed and buried by Mount Vesuvius’s deadly eruption in AD79. The most impressive discovery is an ...

Pompeii - once a thriving city, frozen in time by disaster. We explore what remains today, uncovering haunting ruins, preserved history, and the stories of those buried alive by Mount Vesuvius.

A recent report from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii reignited the long-standing debate over the exact date of Mount ...

After lying inert beneath volcanic ash for nearly 17 centuries, the Roman city of Pompeii, near Naples, is today a site of continuous change. New discoveries emerge constantly, even as conservators ...

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 the ...

Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and ...

In the last few months, Pompeii archaeologists have announced many impressive findings. The announcements include an unusual fresco of a child and charcoal drawings of gladiators. The discoveries give ...

Centuries on and it turns out that long-held assumptions about some of the people of Pompeii should not have been set in stone. New DNA analysis of skeletal remains in the doomed Roman town has ...

(CNN) — Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their ...