A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...

WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — When pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed ...

Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the Italian ...

In Italy, a super volcano outside of Naples is stirring in a way it hasn't for centuries. And hundreds of thousands of people live right by it.

We’d just spent the morning exploring the quiet and well-preserved Herculaneum ruins before hopping onto a Circumvesuviana ...

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Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, burying Pompeii under some 30 feet of ash. But Pompeii's story didn't end there, according to fresh findings highlighted by Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the ...

We've taken on the mantle of mayor and attempted the feat of rebuilding Pompeii after a volcanic eruption in this indie title ...

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown.

Archaeologists think the bench may have been used by visitors who came to meet with the villa's owner. Archaeological Park of Pompeii At the entrance of a famous villa in Pompeii, researchers have ...