The Caltilius family resettled in Ostia – what was then a major port city to the north of Pompeii, 18 miles from Rome. There, they founded a temple to the Egyptian deity Serapis ...

The plaster casts of Pompeii's victims have long stood as some of the most haunting reminders of the eruption of Mount ...

The AI-generated image shows a man with a look of fear and determination as he attempts to flee the deadly eruption of Mount ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...

A man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was carrying a medical kit with him, new scans ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., roughly 2,000 people were trapped in the ancient city of Pompeii. The victims who died in the disaster have inspired artworks, movies and TV shows, and today, ...

Archaeologists found the victim holding a terracotta mortar, which they interpret as an improvised attempt to shield his head.

A man who died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. was likely to have been a doctor, say scientists who analyzed ...

Artificial intelligence is helping to solve an ancient mystery from the Roman Empire involving scrolls from a library that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted. The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 ...

The destruction of Pompeii is one of antiquity’s most famous disasters, but its exact date remains fiercely debated. From ...

Archaeologists have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man who died during the Mount Vesuvius eruption.