While there are layers of volcanic ash, lava, and intrusions of magma within the Yixian Formation, the scientists argue that the fossils lack the distinctive signs of a Pompeii-style death. If the ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79, officials ...

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 2,000 ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a devastating volcanic eruption destroyed and entombed a thriving Roman city, researchers are turning to the novel technique of digital archaeology to reveal the “lost Pompeii ...