Mount Vesuvius' eruption preserved the Herculaneum scrolls beneath a blanket of ash. Two millennia later, X-ray scans show ...

At an ancient residence called the House of Helle and Phrixus, a Pompeii family tried to save themselves from Mount […] ...

In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, spewing ash and small volcanic pellets known as lapilli over the city of Pompeii. Nearly ...

Researchers working to decipher the contents of a burned, still-rolled scroll have uncovered both the author and the title of ...

Every year, archeologists stumble across remains that shed light on the culture, politics, and daily life of Pompeii.

A new discovery from Pompeii is shedding light on the horrific scenes after the volcanic explosion, including that of one ...

RESEARCHERS have deciphered the title and author of a charred scroll destroyed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption 2,000 years ago ...

Credit: Archaeological Park of Pompeii Archaeologists have unearthed heartbreaking evidence of a family's last-ditch attempts ...

Archaeologists unearthed skeletal remains of four people in a well-appointed Roman home, along with signs of their efforts to ...

A sealed Herculaneum scroll yields its secrets—revealing a lost philosophical treatise by Philodemus through virtual ...

Vesuvius warned on Friday that profits were set to fall this year, hit by a softer macroeconomic backdrop and mounting costs.

PHerc. 172 is one of hundreds of scrolls found in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, buried under volcanic debris of ...