In a house in the ruins of Pompeii, archeologists have discovered evidence that a family of four attempted to barricade a ...

Experts from Pompeii Archaeological Park have excavated a home dubbed the 'House of Elle and Frisso' along Via del Vesuvio.

A new archaeological study has revealed how one family desperately tried to save themselves after the eruption of Mount ...

Being able to quickly pinpoint the location of events such as landslides and pyroclastic flows will help rescue efforts, say ...

Archaeologists with the Pompeii Archaeological Park have discovered a home which serves as a snapshot of the ancient ...

A family in Pompeii tried to blockade themselves in a room as they fought for survival in their final moments after the Mount ...

According to the study, the family attempted to lock themselves in a room, using a bed wedged against the door to barricade ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, preserving Roman life in ash. Recent discoveries, ...

“They didn’t make it. In the end, the pyroclastic flow arrived, a violent flow of very hot ash that filled here, as elsewhere, every room,” he explained. “The seismic shocks had already ...

An ancient papyrus scroll left "unreadable" after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago is finally revealing ...

“They didn't make it. In the end the pyroclastic flow arrived, a violent flow of very hot ash that filled here, as elsewhere, every room, the seismic shocks had already caused many buildings to ...

Barricaded at home. First, they tried to save themselves from the fury of Mount Vesuvius by placing a bed across the door to ...