More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first ...

Since 1863, archaeologists have made more than 100 plaster casts, which show how victims died after Mount Vesuvius erupted in ...

Long before Pompeii was covered in ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, the people of the doomed ...

Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.

Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient "machine gun" while the city was under siege. A study has uncovered compelling evidence that Roman forces ...

Heritage is at the heart of a wine making project in Pompeii that is aiming to re-establish the southern Italian volcanic ...

THE final moments of Pompeii’s residents before they were submerged in deadly volcanic ash and lava have been revealed in a new exhibition. Their last poses have been preserved in stone for ...

The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever frozen under ...

(CNN) — The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever ...

Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii following the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins, the directors of the famous site said ...