On July 8, the exhibition“Encountering Pompeii: The Eternal City” opened at the Hunan Museum's Special Exhibition Hall 1. It ...

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Climbing Stromboli volcano is a wonderful hiking adventure and a challenging trek through Lord of the Rings landscape in ...

We need to have backups already in place before disaster strikes, whether that’s warehouses in different towns, top-notch ...

In “The Buried City,” a meditation on both the ruins of Pompeii and his life as a pioneering archaeologist, Mr. Zuchtriegel shows that his selection was an inspired choice. Whether exploring the ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in the ways we think.

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in the ways we think.

The ash spewed by the volcano coated the bodies of people and animals and encased buildings, monuments, mosaics, frescoes, sculptures and other artifacts in Pompeii and other surrounding towns.

A new genetic analysis of 14 bodies recovered from Pompeii is casting doubt on some of the initial interpretations of their identities before the cataclysmic volcanic eruption.

image: Pompeii body casts view more Credit: Archeological Park of Pompeii In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...