On Sept. 20, Laracuente will speak about the Jouett distillery dig, as well as his subsequent work unearthing “Bourbon Pompeii” — the long-buried remnants of the 1873 O.F.C. Distillery built by ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a bench were clients and laborers would wait for the master of Villa of the Mysteries.

There is enough to see and do in Naples to keep anyone busy for weeks. While high-profile museums, such as the Museo ...

The Herculaneum papyri, scrolls buried and charred by Vesuvius, are the most tantalizing puzzle in Roman archaeology. I recently visited the Biblioteca Nazionale in Naples, where most of the papyri ...

This weeklong journey spans Naples, Capri, and the Amalfi Coast, complete with cliffside stays and superb local specialties like pizza and limoncello.

Aug. 24 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 79 A.D., thousands died and the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy. In 1814, the British ...

When most people envision the victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79 that destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, they think of the casts of their bodies made by pouring plaster ...

New evidence has led archaeologists to believe that people may have lived among the ruins of Pompeii following the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which wiped out the entire Roman city.

Pompeii was resettled by former residents and settlers “with nothing to lose” after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius laid waste to the ancient town, new research suggests. The theory of Pompeii’s ...

Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii following the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins, the directors of the famous site said ...