Archaeologists are piecing together the world’s oldest known rune stone. It could shed light on the origins of early written Germanic languages and who inscribed it.

The suddenness of Mount Vesuvius's eruption, has given us an incomparable look into Roman life 2,000 years ago.

Archaeologists in Montaione, Florence, Italy, have discovered a rare ancient statue of Hercules, dating back to the 3rd or ...

Near the submerged city of Baiae, archaeologists found a stunning opus sectile floor that had been built in the last days of ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.

A spectacular necropolis just outside Naples contains stunning tombs that were carved into rock by the ancient Greeks who ...

Bilingual artefacts which contain two languages can be used to translate lost languages, with the most famous example being the Rosetta Stone, which led to the decipherment of Ancient Egyptian ...

For the first time in two millennia, a Roman scroll, carbonised by Mount Vesuvius’s eruption ... All these scrolls were turned to charcoal by the intense heat of volcanic debris. Initially mistaken as ...

LONDON – Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption ... villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum ...

An ancient Roman scroll has been read for the first time since it was charred in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius two millennia ago, thanks to artificial intelligence and a high-powered X ...

X-ray scans and AI have meant the inside of ancient scroll can be revealed A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum ... was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four islands.