A newly excavated, ancient construction site at Pompeii, frozen in time after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, has allowed archaeologists to finally determine the methods used to make Roman concrete.

Scientists discovered two skeletons in the ruins of a Pompeii building and concluded that their deaths must have been caused by wall collapses triggered by earthquakes. (Pompeii Archaeological Park ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view of Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius in the background. - SimonSkafar/Getty Images The once-thriving Roman city of ...

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Researchers using digital archaeology have uncovered how a grand staircase in Pompeii's House of Thiasus led to destroyed ...

NAPLES, ITALY—Cosmos Magazine reports that a new study of the remains of two men unearthed at Pompeii suggests that their injuries are consistent with building collapse caused by earthquakes during ...

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A British tourist was caught defacing the House of the Vestals in the ancient city of Pompeii yesterday, according to reports in the Italian press. The 37-year-old man was spotted carving his initials ...

More buildings inside the ancient Roman city of Pompeii could collapse, Italy’s culture minister said Sunday, a day after a 2,000-year-old house once used by gladiators disintegrated into rubble. The ...