Now, researchers have found that the artefact one man clung onto in his last moments was an ancient “medical kit”. In a new study, archaeologists found a small case hidden among the remains of 13 ...

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

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 ...

In a serendipitous turn of events in 1748, excavations near Naples revealed the buried city of Pompeii, a Roman gem preserved ...

Pompeii was a thriving Roman city until the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE buried it beneath ash, rock, and ...

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

More than 1,900 years after Mount Vesuvius buried this Roman city in ash and pumice, researchers have used artificial ...

Based on recent findings highlighted in the E-journal of the Pompeii Excavations, a man who died fleeing the volcanic destruction carried a bag of tools that indicate he was an ancient Roman doctor, ...

Archaeologists at Pompeii have used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Catastrophic casting: Mount Vesuvius eruption victims feature in landmark Pompeii exhibition Casts of victims of Pompeii’s tragic destruction after Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 are going on display ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Casts of victims of Pompeii’s tragic destruction after Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 are going on display together for the first ...