There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion. For one local Italian family, it was a day just like any other. Food was being prepared in ...

Archeologists at Pompeii have recovered well-preserved skeletal remains of a man and woman who died clutching ... However, volcanic rock filled adjacent rooms and blocked the victims’ route ...

The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history, killing up to 16,000 people. Now, researchers have revealed a minute-by-minute account of how ...

Buena Vista Images via Getty Images When disaster struck Pompeii in 79 C.E ... it showered the city of Pompeii with glassy rock, trapping people under collapsing roofs. Next, avalanches of ...

The skeleton of a man and a woman were found in a small, makeshift bedroom in a villa which was being restructured when the eruption struck, the Pompeii ... of the rain of rock fragments which ...

The skeleton of a man and a woman were found in a small, makeshift bedroom in a villa which was being restructured when the eruption struck, the Pompeii ... of the rain of rock fragments which ...