Towns including Pompeii and Herculaneum ... preserved by the very accident that wiped them off the ancient Roman maps - gave historians a fascinating glimpse into life of the past.

The sale of an island just off the coast of Bacoli, near Naples, has pit the quest for a rich investor against a more ...

Unlike Pompeii, however, there were no preserved human remains. It is believed that the volcano’s visibility ... Sheets used ground-penetrating radar to map potential structures and other ...

I went to Pompeii. I did not particularly want to go to Pompeii, but we were on vacation in Italy, and my partner wanted to ...

Referred to by some as "Greece's Pompeii," it features the remains of Ancient Akrotiri that were preserved beneath layers of lava after a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. Akrotiri is also ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

CIT captures the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in breathtaking detail with its new Cook Islands $20 “Lost City – ...

It's been left unseen for more than 2,000 years, buried under volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Now, archeologists have uncovered a sensational fresco in Pompeii depicting a ...

"EXCEPTIONAL" frescos of the Greek god of wine that reveal mystery cult rituals have been unearthed from ancient volcanic ash in Pompeii. Covering three sides of a magnificent banquet hall ...