Officials at the dangerously beloved Archaeological Park of Pompeii are sticking by Pliny the Younger’s date for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The latest entry in their ongoing e-journal ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., burying Pompeii in ash and pumice, it preserved a peerless body of frescos as well as evidence of the city’s paint workshops. Two sites are of particular ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, fiery avalanches of ash and pumice assaulted Pompeii, displacing some 15,000 inhabitants and killing at least 1,500 more.

The Pompeii site said it had excavated in recent weeks a nearly life-size frieze depicting the ... Known as a "megalography" from the Greek for "large painting", ... When Vesuvius erupted, ...

Archaeologists uncovered disturbing details about a Pompeii family's fight for survival during the destructive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced the ...

Discoveries continue to be made at Pompeii two millennia after the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius. Earlier this month, scientists digitally "unrolled" and began to read one of the Herculaneum ...

Located near Naples and at the base of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii was completely decimated in a now-infamous volcanic eruption in 79 A.D. that's remembered as one of the deadliest of its kind in ...

Roman art showing Helen of Troy discovered in Pompeii 2,000 years after volcanic eruption. Anthony ... The city was buried in debris in 79 A.D. after the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano killing ...

Since Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, claiming the lives of about 2,000 people living in Pompeii, the city buried in ash was rediscovered by explorers in 1748, per History.com.

A new discovery from Pompeii is shedding light on the horrific scenes after the volcanic explosion, including that of one family’s desperate attempt for survival. Experts at Pompeii ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — A new discovery from Pompeii is shedding light on the horrific scenes after the volcanic explosion, including that of one family's desperate attempt for survival. Experts at ...