UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls that were ...

The Bronze Age footprints stand as a dark omen of the Roman-era disaster—one that clearly went unnoticed through centuries of ...

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...

An entire block of Pompeii has now been uncovered, revealing a laundry and bakery, as well as the large private house. It's ...

They preserved in volcanic ash near the Casarzano stream, which is near the city of Nocera Inferiore, about 8 miles (13 km) east of Pompeii, Live Science reports. Shapes and sizes indicate they ...

The iconic Greek holiday island is literally shaking, and residents are escaping while they can.

This week, a new analysis puts into question if the COVID-19 lockdowns really did affect the temperature of the Moon, the largest study of its kind suggests that sex differences may be present in the ...

Footprints from people and animals feeling the eruption of Vesuvius in 1995 B.C. were recently discovered in a town near ...

Experience the ancient city’s destruction and rebirth in this immersive exhibition at the National Museum of Australia.

Archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, unearthed a private bathhouse built over 2,000 years ago, officials said Friday. The discovery includes sumptuous ...

It’s a place to have a spa day fit for an emperor. The largest private Roman bathhouse ever found in the ruined ancient city of Pompeii has been discovered recently by archaeologists under a ...

Since the fires, a gradual hollowing out, and even abandonment, of Los Angeles has already begun. With the threat of earthquakes, fires and volcanic eruptions, Jonathan Margolis talks to the experts w ...