From fertile farmlands to fiery skylines, these communities choose to live on the edge of Earth’s most powerful forces.

Pompeii theater corridor reveal love notes, gladiator duels, and insults, offering a vivid glimpse into ancient Roman street life.

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

"This technology is the key that opens new rooms of the ancient world," said Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the vast ...

Epicurus provided Marx with the basis for a materialist, anti-idealist worldview that understood both nature and human ...

Hygiene was far from ideal in the Roman city, which was not connected to a river and relied on wells more than 30 meters deep ...

A deep look at the most graffiti-filled corridor in all of Pompeii revealed 79 new inscriptions from over 2,000 years ago, ...

Steven Tuck's book indicates that some people survived the Mount Vesuvius eruption, challenging traditional beliefs.

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

Ancient messages and drawings are among hundreds of inscriptions that archaeologists recently uncovered on a wall in Pompeii.

It is remarkable what, with enough ingenuity, can be gleaned from the most unpromising of materials – such as Roman limescale. That’s what a team based in Germany has been studying, and they have used ...

Advanced technology uncovers ancient graffiti, including love notes and sketches, offering fresh insights into daily life in ...