Only half of children born in Pompeii could expect to make it past the age of 10, but analysis of skeletons belonging to middle-aged and older residents has suggested that, if citizens did make it to ...

In 1889 in the foothills of Mount Tuscolo, 25km south-east of Rome, farm workers discovered something extraordinary. While ...

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights ...

A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.

SKELETON remains tied in heavy metal chains ... revealed mysterious cult rituals were unearthed from volcanic ash in Pompeii. And in Egypt, archaeologists made another groundbreaking discovery ...

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can ...

Researchers in Pompeii were studying the skeleton of a young man who died following the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Inside his skull, the found strange glass fragments. A close look revealed ...

Transforming the brain tissue to glass would have required an extremely hot and fast-moving ash cloud, lab experiments suggest.

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue ...

With no trees, undergrowth, or official state designation, this underrated spot in Wyoming is famous for 50 million other ...