A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, but an avalanche of tourists has caused officials to ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

The ancient Roman archaeological park of Pompeii in southern Italy said on Friday it would cap daily visitor numbers at ...

A newly uncovered house in Pompeii, though small, reveals an intricate collection of frescoes that offer a glimpse into the ...

Age-old paintings of satyrs bedding nymphs and mythological figures fornicating have been newly unearthed at a small house at Pompeii ... is hardly the only ancient Roman site here to contain ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

Most houses in Pompeii were built around an atrium, as was common for the time. This one is not, since it was too small to contain space for an impluvium, a basin used to collect rainwater that ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...