A few years ago, advances in analytical approaches to studying fossils prompted researchers to become more interested in the ...

Ever since archaeologists first discovered the ruins of Pompeii – the ancient Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 – its stories and secrets have captivated locals, tourists ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE presented its surrounding ancient Roman communities with a number of terrifying ways ...

A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...

A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.

A young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was likely overcome by a fast-moving cloud of gas at a temperature of more than 500°C in a process that transformed fragments of his brain ...

So, we can see in Pompeii many casts of children, as well. NARRATOR: The scans taken by Llorenç and his team reveal the facial expressions of the victims with incredible detail.

that detailed how one victim of the blast, a male presumed to be in his mid 20s, had been found nearby in the seaside settlement of Herculaneum. He was lying facedown and buried by ash on a wooden ...