In the popular imagination, the volcanic eruption that buried the ancient city of Pompeii alive, in just 25 hours, is often depicted as an apocalypse with no survivors. Popular TV shows like ...

Scientists have dug up a paleontological "Pompeii," one preserving not an unprecedented snapshot ... The researchers' ...

But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. At Pompeii, a new excavation continues to unearth rich discoveries. Professor Steven Tuck of Miami University joins the ...

Even when these features have been found, they may be obscured by flattening ... not unlike the human bodies entombed at ...

The city represent a moment frozen in time. That time is 79AD. Pompeii was a bustling Roman port on the Bay of Naples and a centre of commerce and culture. The moment is August 24, when its ...

BEST OF 2021: Within the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, in a room known as the 'Secret Chamber', is a unique collection of erotic art, found perfectly preserved in the ruins of Pompeii ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of more than 200 survivors from the infamous eruption of Mount Vesuvius that swallowed up the Roman city of Pompeii in 79AD. University of Miami professor ...

It includes books on geography, anthropology ... Pliny the Elder wanted to reassure the people of Pompeii and help his friends there out of any danger. Leaving his nephew, Pliny the Younger ...

Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC), CET-ThinkTV, and Miami University present a one-of-a-kind experience with a special screening of “Pompeii: The New Dig” followed by a Q&A session with Steven Tuck, ...

The discovery of an incredible new set of drawings in Pompeii has shed further insight into life in the Roman city ahead of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The charcoal graffiti discovered on the ...

In a paper published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers describe a batch of trilobites that were petrified in a manner similar to the Romans of Pompeii who were frozen in death by the ...

POMPEII, Italy — Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city. Describing it as a ...