Their decomposed bodies were preserved by the ash, and archaeologists were able to reconstruct their forms using plaster casts of the cavities they left behind. More than 100 casts have been made ...

Excavations first began to unearth the forgotten city in 1748, but it wasn’t until 1863 that archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli developed a method to make plaster casts of some of the Pompeii victims.

Their decomposed bodies were preserved by the ash, and archaeologists were able to reconstruct their forms using plaster casts of the cavities they left behind. More than 100 casts have been made to ...

Most rock stars get their performance chops by listening to The Rolling Stones. While their material might not be everyone’s cup of tea, what Keith Richards and Mick Jagger wrote together helped set ...

Andra Day is joining the Season 2 cast of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” as Athena. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, is one of the most important Olympian characters in Rick Riordan’s ...

Fallout has cast Macaulay Culkin for its second season. The Prime Video adaptation of the post-apocalyptic video game series debuted earlier this year to huge critical and viewer success. As work ...

TAPACHULA, Mexico Nov 7 (Reuters) - A caravan of thousands of migrants traveling through Mexico with the hope of reaching the U.S. had shrunk to about half its original size on Thursday as many ...

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Mick Schumacher has shared sad details on how his relationship with father Michael changed after the Formula 1 legend’s horrific ski accident. In a new book titled Inside Mercedes F1, author Matt ...

Banning Donald Trump from Twitter brought the world’s richest man to his side—and led him back to the White House.