The eruption of Mt Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and one ancient library was burned to a crisp.

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Archaeologists have discovered 79 previously unseen pieces of graffiti scratched into the walls of an alley in Pompeii that ...

STUNNED archaeologists have uncovered a secret Roman villa that’s been dubbed “Port Talbot’s Pompeii”. The remarkable find is ...

In 2024 Banks was among the team which came across what is thought to be the first Roman bed to be found in Britain during a ...

Archaeologists have discovered the largest Roman villa ever found in Wales - and it's earned the nickname 'Port Talbot's Pompeii'.

Before the Romans captured Pompeii, the famous town was run by the Samnite people – and a dip in their public baths might have been an unpleasant experience ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

Extraordinary new research from the University of Valencia has revealed a haunting detail about the final moments of those who perished in the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly two ...

A new analysis of 14 plaster casts of the victims of Pompeii revealed that some people were wearing heavy wool clothing when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius took place. It’s generally agreed that the ...

Researchers investigating the well-known House of Thiasus in Pompeii became fascinated with an unconnected stone staircase. A digital architectural reconstruction (based on features still present at ...

Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that buried Herculaneum and Pompeii in 79 A.D. Credit: The Dronaut / CC BY-SA 4.0 Researchers from the ÁTROPOS group at the University of Valencia say new analysis of ...