Italian police have smashed a gang of ‘tomb raiders’ suspected to have stolen hundreds of ancient artefacts from sites across ...

Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction – and its traffic-worn streets show how the ...

For over two centuries, archaeologists have hailed Pompeii as a sophisticated city at the heart of an advanced ancient ...

After lying hidden beneath meters of volcanic rock and ash for 2,000 years, a lavish spa complex has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy. CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports.

The Bronze Age footprints stand as a dark omen of the Roman-era disaster—one that clearly went unnoticed through centuries of human activity.

consult our list of the best Italy tours to view traveler-approved companies. During the tour, visitors will get to hike up Mount Vesuvius and wander around Pompeii. Tours offer more background ...

burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow. Mount Vesuvius, on the west coast of Italy, is the only active ...

The 2,000 ft volcano in the Gulf of Naples, on Italy's west coast ... a porous volcanic rock - began to rain down. This is when Pompeii and its people started to be crushed, as slabs up to ...

When the a.d. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius blanketed the southern Italian city of Pompeii in layers of volcanic debris, it preserved the bodies of many individuals who had perished. Since ...

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