"In 100 years' time, today will be remembered as historic because the discovery we are presenting is historic." Archaeologists excavating at the doomed Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by ...

Since its rediscovery, over 1,000 bodies have been uncovered at Pompeii. While it's believed many victims remain buried, this would be just a fraction of Pompeii's estimated population.

As people fled Pompeii or hid in their homes, their bodies were covered by blankets of the surge. While Pliny did not estimate how many people died, the event was said to be 'exceptional' and the ...

A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.

In the shadow of Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii's buried wonders are still emerging. A newly found fresco offers a tantalising glimpse into the vibrant life of the past.

look through these gut-wrenching photos of Pompeii bodies frozen in time. Or, discover the surprisingly raunchy story of ancient Pompeii graffiti.

Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. The corpses of Pompeii residents were famously preserved in a protect casing of ash within which they slowly decayed.

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a large fresco depicting Dionysiac rituals in an ancient banquet hall. The frieze, dating back to 40s-30s BC, shows a Dionysian procession with bacchantes ...

At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a so-called ‘pizza’, and make a grisly discovery.