“Pompeii was a city in crisis and flux,” says ... and construct what they were confident would be a new, earthquake-proof temple to their patron goddess, Venus. The Pompeians may not have ...

Pompeii was famously destroyed on 24 August in 79 AD - or was it? Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered an inscription they say may show that the history books have been wrong for centuries ...

These are among the new finds being turned up at the Pompeii Archaeological Park. Dig anywhere in the ancient city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD79 and you will unearth a treasure - a snapshot ...

The surprising identities of some of the doomed inhabitants of ancient Pompeii have been revealed by a new analysis of their ...

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It was AD 79 when the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii under layers of ash during a two-day tempest. Today, the 66-hectare archaeological site offers visitors a snapshot of daily ...