Genetic research on the bones within Pompeii victims’ casts shed light on the multiethnic society of the city and on the connections between victims ...

NASA's Curiosity rover is preparing for the next leg of its journey, a months-long trek to a formation called the boxwork, a set of weblike patterns on Mars's surface that stretches for miles. It will ...

There’s an area in China that’s home to a huge trove of dinosaur fossils. It used to be thought it was formed through a Pompeii-like volcanic eruption, stopping dinosaurs in their tracks.

A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, but an avalanche of tourists has caused officials to ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

Ancient 'House of Phaedra' Uncovered in Italy With Stunning Art Preserved Inside The ancient city of Pompeii, Italy, had many opulent secrets recently discovered by archaeologists. One such find was a ...

A family of four was frozen in time under a staircase when the ash fell on Pompeii from the erupting volcano Mount Vesuvius ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, the volcano spewed hot ... Many features of a man found inside the Villa of the ...

Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...

Victims thought to be female were male and not related to one another, showing "the story that was long spun around these individuals" was wrong, researchers said.

MANN has the world’s largest collection of artefacts from Pompeii, an ancient city buried in volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. The museum holds around 40,000 findings from ...

The BBC gets access to a secret room under the Medici Chapel in Florence, where Michelangelo took refuge during political upheaval. The small chamber, covered in his sketches, has opened to the ...