Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum, Italy(Fotonews/Splash News/Corbis) Herculaneum’s Villa of the Papyri was one of the most luxurious Roman properties to have been buried by the eruption of Mount ...

AN ANCIENT scroll that had nearly turned to charcoal in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD may be about to have ...

found perfectly preserved in the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. For a time this artwork could only be accessed with a special permit for men with 'proven morality'. Now open to the public ...

Researchers have taken one step closer to understanding the past after they managed to use artificial intelligence to read ...

It is most famous for a massive eruption in A.D. 79, which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum ... arc — a string of volcanoes in Italy, including the currently active Mount ...