Ancient Pompeii site daily visits limited to 20,000
A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, but an avalanche of tourists has caused officials to ...
Science is revealing the true stories of Pompeii’s victims beneath the ash
The poignant figures, frozen in time, humanize an ancient natural disaster ... said that the findings are “completely ...
DNA evidence rewrites histories for people buried in volcanic eruption in ancient Pompeii
In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...
An Ancient Golden Plaque Might Point Towards a Bounty of Roman-Era Discoveries
The search for a lost Roman temple is on. As archaeologists continued to excavate a Roman fort from the first century A.D. in ...