The naumachiae seem mostly to have been recreations of famous historical engagements – in the movie, it's the Battle of ...

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

Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about ...

A maximum of 20,000 people will be allowed to enter each day in an effort to protect the historic site in Italy, where ...

POMPEII, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) – A family frozen in time by the volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii nearly two millennia ago. It’s ...

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

To mark the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the image of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii on Nov. 13, Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to contemplate the life of Christ ...

Cade DuPont, Shaun Bobbitt, Bethany Terry and Rafael Villaroel — is opening a new window on the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

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

The saying goes that it takes a village to raise a child, and new research out of Pompeii seems to showcase just how common this phenomenon might've been in the ancient Roman city. A new study ...

Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ancient site. The measure, which will come into force from November 15 ...