When Allison Emmerson tells people that she studies Pompeii, she usually gets the same response: “‘Hasn’t that been done? What else is there to know?’” But, as she points out, there’s “an endless ...
Pompeii may have been unseasonably cold when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed the Roman city in A.D. 79, new research proposes. A new analysis of 14 of the iconic plaster casts made of the ...
Archaeologists explain the ongoing excavations at Pompeii and new findings about Vesuvius’ eruption date, slavery and daily life for ancient Romans. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii When ...