Pompeii

Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special Italian police unit, have been unveiled for the first time in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples

Whoever they were, they were definitely in Pompeii's upper crust.

The depiction of a Dionysiac mystery cult now serves as an "exceptional historical document," allowing us a glimpse into one curious aspect of the ancient city.

Lead white is the most important white pigment used in painting throughout history. It was known to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans and commonly used in the preparation of ointments and plast

Vesuvius victim's brain liquified at up to 1,100 degrees, then quickly cooled: study

Fresh analysis with calorimetry, X-rays, electron microscopy lend support to hotly debated theory.

A tiny head carved from mammoth ivory looks back at us from the Stone Age.

MIT senior Mishael Quraishi is one of 16 American students selected as a 2025 Churchill Scholar. She will pursue a master's degree in archaeological research at Cambridge University in the U.K.

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

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The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, challenge the traditional gender and familial assumptions about the Pompeiians.

There's an area in China that's home to a huge trove of dinosaur fossils. It was thought to be caused by a volcanic eruption. But new evidence has come to light about how it likely came to be.

An ancient-DNA analysis of victims in Pompeii who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption reveals some unusual relations between the people who died together.

These ornate mosaic floors and marble fountains have just been hiding in the dirt, waiting to be revealed.

Burning Man is a schlep.

Researchers recreate Ice Age hunting techniques to show that spears were probably braced against the ground rather than thrown at massive mammoths.

If we want to research a subject, how do we do it? We could read about it in books or do experiments in a lab. Or another way is to find people who know something about it and ask them.

Archaeologists have found the skeletons of a man and a woman, along with their valuables, in a room in Pompeii.

Madonna will celebrate her 66th birthday with a private evening tour of the famed Italian archaeological site at Pompeii

37-year-old apologizes but could face jail