They were, of course, referring to Mount Vesuvius, the ancient, still active volcano that looms ominously over the charming ...

When two architects renovated the once-grand floor of a palace in Genoa, Italy, their goal wasn’t period perfection: “We didn ...

Pompeii: Inside a Lost City at the National Museum of Australia depicts life in the flourishing Roman city of Pompeii before ...

Ten years ago, scientists discovered ancient hunting camps beneath the lake. Now, DNA samples from a submerged peat bog could ...

Around 6,000 years ago, a group known as the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture developed egalitarian settlements north of the Black ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

Exposure to lead from mining probably lowered I.Q. levels in the empire, research has found. It might be the world’s first ...

Canberra is starting to come back to life after a sleepy summer break with 20+ things happening around town this week.

Taking time off in the summer was important in ancient Greek and Roman times. But some found it hard to detach from work and ...

Look, there's really no pun intended here - the citizens of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were obliterated by a fiery ...

In the post-Covid era, more people are traveling than ever before. Record-breaking numbers of tourists also mean there was no ...