Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Neapolitan School, 19th Century’s total sales are ...

Vesuvius is best-known for the eruption of A.D. 79, which entombed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. There was another terrible eruption in 1631, which killed 4,000.

An expert said there could be more scrolls out there as artificial intelligence and other new technology helps to decipher ...

Our Eruption of Vesuvius is a reduced version of a painting that Valenciennes exhibited at the Salon in 1814 (n°893), today in the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse (fig.1). Utilizing research he had ...

Her 2019 biography of Pliny, “The Shadow of Vesuvius,” is the definitive guide to him and his uncle, the naturalist Pliny the Elder, who died during the eruption.

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 76 AD destroyed the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum and is one of the most culturally important volcanic events in history. The rediscovery of the ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

The beach at Herculaneum is believed to be where some 300 people died while waiting for boats to save them from the volcanic eruption in 79 AD. It's now open to the public for the first time.

Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale Notches Steady Results, a Feat in the Current Tepid Art Market Four ‘Excellently Preserved’ Ancient Roman Swords Have Been Found in the Judean Desert ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius lasted over 24 hours, with the force of thousands of nuclear bombs. An estimated 20,000 people lived in Pompeii, many of whom perished in the disaster. Yet, Pompeii ...

Researchers Get a Peek Inside Another Herculaneum Scroll That Survived Vesuvius’s Eruption The first word found on the scroll is "disgust." An X-ray scan of part of papyrus scroll PHerc. 172.

The beach at Herculaneum is believed to be where some 300 people died while waiting for boats to save them from the volcanic eruption in 79 AD. It's now open to the public for the first time.