The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, preserving Roman life in ash. Recent discoveries, ...

Italy is home to the highest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world. These sites not only showcase Italy's ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD ... identifies him as a proud male citizen of Rome.

The fishy sauce was beloved by the ancient Greeks and Romans ... The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 buried the building under several feet of ash, perfectly preserving a small factory ...

Naples is a city that stirs the senses. From the moment you arrive, the streets hum with life — Vespas darting through ...

For the ancient Romans, the roads and paths leading ... around 1700 years before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius decimated Pompeii. As is typical, this woman was immediately labelled, by the ...

A charred scroll, unearthed from a Roman villa entombed at Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, has been revealed to contain a lost work by the ancient Greek ...

Visiting Pompeii, the ancient ... climb Vesuvius. Pompeii is a huge archaeological site. Read on to find out how to make the most of your visit. Pompeii is in the Campania region of southern Italy, 15 ...

A sealed Herculaneum scroll yields its secrets—revealing a lost philosophical treatise by Philodemus through virtual ...

Contestants in the ongoing Vesuvius Challenge continue to reveal more information about the calcified scrolls once buried by ...