A team of geologists from the University of Roma Tre, has solved the mystery of why the bodies of people living in Herculaneum, were not well preserved after they were killed by the eruption of Mount ...

For several years now, we’ve been following a tantalizing story indicating that the high heat of the ash cloud generated when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD was sufficiently hot to turn one of the ...

The remains of Vesuvius’ victims reveal far more than the final moments of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Bodies, bones, casts, clothing, and positions preserve traces of ordinary lives suddenly trapped by ...