Once Vesuvius erupted, there was no escape for the residents of Pompeii, whose last hours on earth were nothing short of terrifying.

The Bronze Age footprints stand as a dark omen of the Roman-era disaster—one that clearly went unnoticed through centuries of ...

The painting “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” by English artist John Martin, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Courtesy of John Martin via Wikimedia Commons   Despite ...

For the past two years, citizen scientists and scholars have been working to reveal the previously hidden texts of the ...

UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to decipher 2000-year-old papyrus scrolls that were ...

By the famous eruption of AD79, prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were home to thousands of people. After the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD eruption, bodies of the ...

Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're ...

Scientists are leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and X-rays to begin unraveling the mystery of the charred ...

A breakthrough out of the Vesuvius Challenge builds on past efforts to virtually “unroll” fragile papyrus documents ...

Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by ...

You can sign up for upcoming Roman city builder Pompeii The Legacy's new playtest, giving you a historical alternative to Cities Skylines.