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

Several horses recently discovered in a 2,000-year-old stable appear frozen in a failed flight to safety from the eruption of Vesuvius.

New DNA analysis of skeletal remains from Pompeii reveals that victims of Vesuvius’s eruption have been wrongly identified.

Personal possessions such as shoes, suitcases, camp garments and works of art made by prisoners are on display ... visitors ...

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

Arthur Brand, nicknamed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World," said the latest discovery was among his most significant.

This exhibition shows off the glitz and glamour of the period while presenting a subtler message about the role of royalty in ...

Adrian Heidenreich stumbled onto the first clue of an extraordinary collection of Native American ledger art in a Billings Heights art gallery in 1968.

A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...

One common misconception about the eruption of Vesuvius is that it happened suddenly and was over in an instant. But some experts suggest the events could have taken as long as seven hours.

When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’ Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation’s newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today ...

Europeans were enthralled by the arts and culture that emerged, and Japonisme became a major influence within the late 19th-century art nouveau movement.