A vast sheet of volcanic rock in the Andes has preserved clues to a buried landscape that existed 22 million years ago, ...

An enormous Chilean eruption buried an ancient landscape whose shape now reveals how quickly the Andes were rising before ...

A little less than 2,000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius became the antihero of the ancient world’s most well-known tragedy. The ...

The exhibits span thousands of years of human history, bringing to life prehistoric artefacts.

Pompeii wasn't just buried in ash and forgotten for centuries until the 16th century. Archaeologists say new findings support the idea that people resettled among the ruins of the Roman city after ...

Host and “Loki” star Tom Hiddleston and “Loki” executive producer Kevin R. Wright reunite for Pompeii: Out of Time, a fusion ...

Archaeologists at Civita Giuliana, a suburban villa northwest of Pompeii, discovered the remains of two men killed during the ...

The once-thriving city of Pompeii, near Naples, was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, preserving buildings, objects, and graffiti under meters of ash. A love note, a gladiatorial ...

In 79 C.E. Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in thick layers of volcanic ash. There was no time to suffocate; most died not from the poisonous gas but were ...

Allied bombs struck Pompeii in 1943 while targeting roads and railways near the ancient site. The raids damaged iconic ...