Pompeii may be the most celebrated example of ... to have been settled between 1014 and 1021. It could have been a mould-breaker, a herald of new eras. As it was, it was probably little more ...

England has far fewer dwellings relative to its population than other developed nations we typically consider peers, with 434 ...

Some find the effect to be eerie - these vestiges of abandoned existence standing as a Pompeii wrought of progress ... Guermassa is in the same mould as [nearby] Chenini or Douiret, but with ...

The Bronze Age footprints stand as a dark omen of the Roman-era disaster—one that clearly went unnoticed through centuries of ...

This article is brought to you by National Museum of Australia. Every 15 minutes at the National Museum of Australia’s Pompeii exhibition, lights flicker and there are rumbling sounds. The excitement ...

Ancient scrolls charred by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago may finally be starting to reveal their secrets. UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to ...

They preserved in volcanic ash near the Casarzano stream, which is near the city of Nocera Inferiore, about 8 miles (13 km) east of Pompeii, Live Science reports. Shapes and sizes indicate they ...

Archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, unearthed a private bathhouse built over 2,000 years ago, officials said Friday. The discovery includes sumptuous ...

It’s a place to have a spa day fit for an emperor. The largest private Roman bathhouse ever found in the ruined ancient city of Pompeii has been discovered recently by archaeologists under a ...

In 79 CE, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 20 feet of ash, preserving amazing details about daily life in the Roman Empire. Pompeii is one of the most ...

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a ...