A study found some Pompeii victims died while wearing wool, complicating the eruption date of Mount Vesuvius, long believed ...

ST. LOUIS — Nearly 2,000 years ago, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman city of Pompeii and its residents under 15 feet of ash and volcanic debris. The Saint Louis Science Center and ...

The victims of the Pompeii eruption wore heavy wool cloaks and tunics, suggesting different environmental conditions in summer. (University of Valencia) ...

Some of the victims at Pompeii were wearing woolen cloaks when they died, even though it was August, new research finds.

A glass-like substance found in the skull of a person who perished in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius has helped archaeologists unravel the sequence of events that wiped out Pompeii and ...

New research finds that at least four individuals who died in the eruption were wearing woolen tunics and cloaks, which ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly ...

Officials at the dangerously beloved Archaeological Park of Pompeii are sticking by Pliny the Younger’s date for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The latest entry in their ongoing e-journal outlines ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

A digital architectural reconstruction has researchers believing a “lost Pompeii” existed with towers atop villas.

A forgotten stone staircase in the ruins of Pompeii has turned out to be anything but a dead end, opening a fresh line of ...