PHOENIX — Pompeii: The Exhibition, a traveling show, is set to return to the Arizona Science Center on Saturday and transport ...

Visitors to the exhibition will be immersed in a recreated Roman city with visualizations, holographic gladiatorial combat ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...

Earthquake activity as damaging as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius bears part of the blame for the total devastation of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 A.D., new research suggests. The ...

Archeologists have discovered four new rooms in a house in Pompeii filled with household objects giving a rare glimpse into the final moments of life in middle-class homes before Mount Vesuvius' ...

In 79 C.E., an ash column with a mushroom top towered over the ancient Roman city of Pompeii as residents scrambled to flee the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The effects of the eruption were devastating ...

The Herculaneum victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were blasted with such extreme heat that their soft tissue disappeared, scientists have discovered. In a paper released May 27, ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., roughly 2,000 people were trapped in the ancient city of Pompeii. The victims who died in the disaster have inspired artworks, movies and TV shows, and today, ...

A trunk with its lid left open. A wooden dishware closet, its shelves caved in. Three-legged accent tables topped by decorative bowls. These latest discoveries by archaeologists are enriching ...