ROME (Reuters) - The ancient Roman archaeological park of Pompeii in southern Italy said on Friday it would cap daily visitor ...

In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases killed an estimated 2,000 people, many of whom were unearthed more than a ...

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The Pompeii archaeological park plans to limit the number of visitors to 20,000 a day and introduce personalized tickets in a ...

Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...

Some of the people who died in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2000 years ago may have been misidentified, new ...

Scientists studying the remains of people who died in the devastating Mount Vesuvius eruption that buried the ancient city of ...

People have long projected stories onto the poignant casts of Pompeii’s victims. A new study uses ancient DNA analysis to ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of ...

In A.D. 79, the final event for many of the inhabitants of Pompeii was the volcanic eruption that buried them under a 20-foot ...