A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in ...

A recent DNA study has upended long-held theories about the people who died in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, revealing ...

New DNA evidence challenges the story of Pompeii's Two Maidens, once thought to be female relatives, scientists now call them ...

A collection of close to 170 artifacts excavated from the famous ruins of the ancient Roman city that was destroyed by the ...

Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ...

The 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius and its impact on Pompeii has been heavily studied by historians and archaeologists over ...

A groundbreaking study has challenged the long-held belief that China's remarkably preserved dinosaur fossils were created by ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

For decades, scientists believed these fossils were preserved by sudden volcanic events, much like the victims of Mount ...

Get your Indiana Jones-style fedora ready for a modern-day armchair expedition of places rediscovered after centuries—and ...

Last week, with the use of DNA, researchers revealed that long-held assumptions missed the mark, providing tantalizing ...