Long before Pompeii was covered in ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, the people of the doomed ...

Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.

Since 1863, archaeologists have made more than 100 plaster casts, which show how victims died after Mount Vesuvius erupted in ...

More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first ...

Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient "machine gun" while the city was under siege. A study has uncovered compelling evidence that Roman forces ...

A new study suggests Pompeii may have faced an ancient Greek "machine gun" from the island of Rhodes during Sulla’s Roman ...

Pompeii didn't begin with the Romans. It was fundamentally an Oscan city, also influenced by the Etruscans and Greeks.

(CNN) — The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever ...

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 ...

(CNN) — The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever ...

A new exhibition in Pompeii showcases over 20 plaster casts of victims from the 79 AD eruption, highlighting their tragic ...