It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our ...

In a new National Geographic docudrama series, the award-winning actor unveils the latest insights into the eruption of Mount ...

But only one features actor Tom Hiddleston taking on the role of a “time detective” to bring the people of Pompeii to vivid ...

Archaeologists working at Pompeii have pieced together fragments of a frescoed vaulted ceiling from a banquet hall in Regio ...

A new docuseries and ongoing research are revealing that survivors charted a fresh start after an eruption devastated the ...

An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable until recently.

The Marvel star travels back to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in new series.

Before Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in ash, it was a thriving city filled with busy homes and bustling streets.

Archaeologists at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a victim of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that ...

A full Herculaneum scroll "unwrapped" with technology reveals new texts, titles and authors unknown to history and ushers in a new era for the study of the ancient world.

Researchers have been able to read part of an ancient scroll burned by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago for the first time. The Herculaneum scrolls, named after a Roman town carbonized by the ...

Archaeologists at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a victim of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that ...