Casts of victims of Pompeii’s tragic destruction after Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 are going on display together for the first time in a new permanent exhibition. The residents are captured in ...
A guided walk through Pompeii reveals theaters, thermopolia, bakeries, and the haunting plaster casts—daily life stilled ...
Frozen in their final moments, casts of over two dozen victims from the ancient eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD is now on display at Pompeii Archaeological Park — a chilling snapshot of ...
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...
Exactly 70 years ago, in March 1944, British photographer George Rodger captured the last great eruption of Italy's legendary volcano.
Big news for history buffs and the morbidly curious: An ancient Roman beach is now open to the public for the first time since it was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The beach at ...
A general view of the the archaeological excavations of Herculaneum in southern Italy. Big news for history buffs and the morbidly curious: An ancient Roman beach is now open to the public for the ...