The extreme and rapid nature of Mount Vesuvius' pyroclastic flows vitrified the brain tissue of the unfortunate Roman soldier ...

Inside a Lost City”, is an object lesson in the role that presentism plays in our contemporary understandings of the world, ...

The remains of a young man, found in his bed in the destroyed town of Herculaneum, included glassy fragments that had mystified archaeologists ...

An ancient Roman villa has resurfaced from Italy’s Lake Fusaro due to shifting land, revealing walls and rooms submerged for ...

U.S.: Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, invoked “emergency authorities” to bypass Congress and send $4 billion worth of ...

This luxury hotel on the Amalfi Coast will make your Italian getaway unforgettable - with Mediterranean design, upscale ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a nearly life-size fresco, or megalography, depicting the Dionysiac procession in an excavated banqueting room in Region IX.

A rare organic glass was found inside a skull from Herculaneum’s 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. Researchers determined that a super ...

After nearly 2,000 years of being covered by volcanic ash, this beautiful fresco gets to see the light of day. It was unveiled at Pompeii recently and depicts the life of Dionysus, the Greek god of ...

Who knows? The illustrious ancient city, renowned for its refinement, was in fact the result of the genius of several peoples—including barbarians—who contributed to its splendor before Rome took ...