When you take a deeper look at Pompeii, a different story could be told about the final moments. Since the 1990s, paleontologists have been pulling 125-million-year-old complete dinosaur skeletons ...

One of the spa rooms with mosaic flooring – credit Archaeological Park of Pompeii Press Office, released. Though it is a pretty standard piece of Roman civicscape, a spa unearthed in Pompeii is ...

Among them is Skara Brae, a remarkably preserved settlement on Mainland’s west coast, often referred to as the “Scottish Pompeii.” Discovered in 1850 after a storm unearthed it from beneath ...

Could Los Angeles, City of Stars, Angels, La La Land, even become the Pompeii of the future – a vast metropolis destroyed by a combination of nature and humanity’s weird aversion to safety?

When Lily Withycombe visited the Australian Museum in 1995 to see an exhibition on Pompeii, she had an epiphany. It’s when her passion for the ancient Roman past came alive in her. “I remember how the ...

HISTORIANS have mapped out a minute-by-minute account of the final moments of Pompeii - as gas and ash transformed locals into glass. A staggering 16,000 people were buried during one of the ...

This fiery shower would have crushed buildings and residents in Pompeii, Herculaneum and other nearby settlements – but some would have survived at this point by taking shelter. However ...

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Archaeologists have unearthed a lavish private bath complex in Pompeii, highlighting the wealth and grandeur of the ancient Roman city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD ...

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BEST OF 2021: Within the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, in a room known as the 'Secret Chamber', is a unique collection of erotic art, found perfectly preserved in the ruins of Pompeii ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., it buried the rich and poor of Pompeii alike in an avalanche of ash. But the eruption also preserved how some of the city’s wealthier citizens lived, as ...