"In 100 years' time, today will be remembered as historic because the discovery we are presenting is historic." Archaeologists excavating at the doomed Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by ...

Ever since archaeologists first discovered the ruins of Pompeii – the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 – its stories and secrets have captivated locals, tourists ...

In the shadow of Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii's buried wonders are still emerging. A newly found fresco offers a tantalising glimpse into the vibrant life of the past.

ALAPONT: We never expect to find one embalm body. So, of course, we were shocked. He is the best-preserve individual in Pompeii. NARRATOR: In ancient Roman funerary customs, cremation was the norm.

Volcanic eruption buried ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum Victims were preserved in sudden ... as was the case with the one ...

Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the destruction of Pompeii began. Two new studies only fan the ...

A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet room. Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting ...

A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.