The effects of the volcanic eruption could be felt as far as 21 miles. In the surrounding cities of Oplontis, Pompeii, and ...

When Vesuvius erupted on August 24 and 25, A.D. 79, some 2,600 inhabitants perished in Pompeii alone ... only a few dozen people have been found in the city itself. Not long after midnight ...

People and buildings were buried in six metres of discharge. Some 1,150 bodies have been discovered at Pompeii so far, which seems to confirm this theory. Many skeletons were found with jewellery ...

In a move to safeguard its ancient ruins, the Roman archaeological site of Pompeii began limiting the number of daily visitors to 20,000 on November 15, 2024. This decision comes after a ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a necropolis in the Porta Sarno region of Pompeii, according to two April 1 ...

In the wake of the midsized earthquakes that struck Pompeii in 62 C.E., the city ... specialized not only in deploying illusionistic effects and linear perspective on frescos, but also in ...