Seeing unimaginable destruction and suffering is hard. And for some, Los Angeles is home. Here 12 photographers, each selecting a picture they ... of the tragedy of Pompeii. The volcanic eruption ...

Pompeii was famously destroyed on 24 August in 79 AD - or was it? Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered an inscription they say may show that the history books have been wrong for centuries.

A new study by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii gently backs up the theory that the town’s destruction might have ... beyond the necessarily schematic picture offered by ancient authors ...