The past three centuries of sporadic excavations at the grand houses of Pompeii have largely remained at eye level. And for ...

It lies, as if in a fairy tale, at the bottom of Lake Mezzano, a calm body of water in the Lazio region, near Viterbo.

An Italian lawyer who once sought refuge in the occult, Bartolo Longo ultimately felt called to build a shrine and promote praying of the rosary.

This second episode of a three-part series exploring the intertwined histories of Pompeii and Vesuvius investigates Europe’s most dangerous volcano, and retraces the eruption of 79 AD.

Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was ...

The holidaymaker took the souvenirs from the Timanfaya National Park- a protected area in Lanzarote - several years ago.

A 2,000-year-old scroll from Pompeii reveals radical teachings by Stoic founder Zeno, reshaping views on ancient philosophy ...

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic rocks, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious threats to ...

Walking through the ruins of Pompeii, it’s easy to think we already know the stories and the DNA behind the famous plaster casts of the people killed in that Mount Vesuvius volcanic eruption of A.D.

A young Roman man was sleeping peacefully in his bed one night nearly 2,000 years ago, when a cloud of scorching-hot ash descended from the top of the erupting Mount Vesuvius to smother him and turn ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have become acclimatized to uncovering the petrified remains of people who lost their lives in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. However, these two bodies provide ...