As people fled Pompeii or hid in their homes, their bodies were covered by blankets of the surge. While Pliny did not estimate how many people died, the event was said to be 'exceptional' and the ...

At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a so-called ‘pizza’, and make a grisly discovery.

Pompeii, April 6 - A cast of two embracing figures taken at Pompeii is that of two male lovers, Superintendent Massimo Osanna said after new findings Thursday. "Pompeii never ceases to amaze," he ...

Set in 79 A.D., POMPEII tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning ...

Pompeii’s plaster cast human figures aren't who they were ... smothered in compacted ash during the eruption and, as their ...

The Art of Plaster Casting: Unveiling Pompeii’s Victims Fiorelli’s technique involved pouring liquid plaster into the hollow ...

Inside a Lost City”, is an object lesson in the role that presentism plays in our contemporary understanding of the world, ...