Academics and armchair archaeologists still can't agree on the date when Pompeii was destroyed in a shower of volcanic ...

In recent times areas around Naples have seen a flurry of activities as government agencies conduct drills to make citizens ...

In A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted in one of the largest and deadliest volcanic events in history ... was in fact Roman Pompeii. A plaster cast of a horse killed during the eruption is the ...

The Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia uses immersive audiovisual elements alongside artefacts to show ...

During the eruption, ash spewed by the volcano coated the city of Pompeii, preserving the bodies ... study and postdoctoral fellow in Harvard’s history department, one of the “biggest stories ...

Hold that thought as we turn to Pompeii. The ancient Roman city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ... at a time when we have a zillion “facts” at our fingertips, summoned instantly ...

Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about the people and their relationships ...

Latest international blockbuster at National Museum of Australia takes visitors on a journey to famous ancient city with incredible large-scale ...

Recent research may have reshaped our understanding of the victims of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. For centuries, archaeologists and ...

Felt the call of Ancient Egypt all around you this year? You wouldn’t have been the only one. While Australians have long ...