Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility ...

Ancient DNA can reveal such details as the ancestry, sex and age of a long-dead person. But the biological material degrades over time, and in Pompeii, the DNA could have been further damaged by ...

Restoration expert Giancarlo Napoli takes on the important task of saving 86 plaster casts of Pompeii citizens that were created by archaeologist Carlo Fiorelli in the 1860s.

Two rare and almost life-seized statues have been discover during the digging of a massive tomb in Pompeii, Italy.According ...

For the first time, forensic experts examine Mount Vesuvius's 'Fugitives', a group of victims who died trying to flee the most famous disaster of the ancient world ...

Some things only look perfect.

The Pompeii exhibition is accompanied by an animated eruption of Mount Vesuvius ... particularly in relation to colonial collections that include First Nations Ancestors. Anthropological molds of both ...

Leading volcanologists, archaeologists and forensic scientists reveal how the victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in AD79, have been perfectly preserved in their ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii, Italy, analyzed a variety of paint pigments, offering glimpse the art of ancient Romans, a study said. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii The ruins of Pompeii ...

The Pompeii exhibition is accompanied by an animated ... Anthropological molds of both dead and living people have historically been collected in colonial contexts, often without consent and ...