A close look at Pompeii’s stone-paved streets has shown how traffic through the ancient city changed dramatically after it was incorporated into the Roman world. Receive a weekly dose of ...

This article is brought to you by National Museum of Australia. Every 15 minutes at the National Museum of Australia’s Pompeii exhibition, lights flicker and there are rumbling sounds. The excitement ...

They preserved in volcanic ash near the Casarzano stream, which is near the city of Nocera Inferiore, about 8 miles (13 km) east of Pompeii, Live Science reports. Shapes and sizes indicate they ...

Getting a thrill from a timepiece with a quartz movement wasn’t just unusual—it was laughable. “When you’re a watch person and you’re making a thoughtful purchase, you might not ...

The 16-millimeter film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of "The Heart of Lincoln," a silent movie about the life of President Abraham Lincoln and American life during the Civil War.

That’s exactly what happened to employees in Italy working on a methane pipeline south of Naples, near Pompeii. The subsequent excavation unearthed archaeological features ranging from the ...

"The group sponsored a national Negro History week in 1926, choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. "The event inspired ...