Rome experienced some of its greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a ...

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins ...

Today, Pompeii Archeological Park is one of Italy’s most visited cultural landmarks, and a record breaking four million – ...

The body was first found to be of a male, likely around 30 years of age. At first, archaeologists believed that he had ...

From maps and pickaxes, it is now possible to discover ancient relics from a distance, as in the case of a recent find.

DNA evidence reshapes the story of Pompeii's 79 AD eruption victims, challenging old assumptions and revealing new insights ...

Fourteen miles southeast of modern Naples lies Pompeii, a city frozen in time by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

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

Teruel is a small town in eastern Spain and it is so hidden that its slogan is simply: “Teruel Exists.” In the 21st century, ...

Scientists believe long-standing assumptions about the people of Pompeii may be false after analyzing ancient DNA samples. On ...