A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.

“Here we demonstrate that material with glassy appearance found within the skull of a seemingly male human body entombed ... found inside the skull of the Pompeii individual (Pier Paolo Petrone ...

We are used to seeing dead bodies in movies and TV shows, but how should we feel when presented with a dead person from the ...

In the center of it all, a clothed woman awaits her initiation into the cult. Pompeii is full of colorful frescoes, but this one is particularly rare. The only other large wall painting depicting ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder ... and a second row of images above the human figures shows animals – alive and dead – as well as sea creatures ...

To this day, scientists are finding cultural, architectural and human remains on the banks of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. The corpses ...

A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet room. Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting ...

At Pompeii, south of the volcano, the currents were cooler, and only the final eight penetrated the town. Image Human remains in the town of Herculaneum, west of Vesuvius, seen last June.Credit ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks, offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed ...