Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives

On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the ...
Yahoo

Ancient Roman home reopens in Herculaneum after 36-year wait

HERCULANEUM, Italy, Oct 24 (Reuters) - One of Italy's most beautiful ancient Roman houses, which was buried under tonnes of ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, has reopened to the public 36 ...

Nearly 2,000 years after Vesuvius, scientists are studying a black glass-like mass inside a skull: They say it may be vitrified brain tissue

Scientists have discovered what appears to be vitrified human brain tissue within a victim's skull from Herculaneum, buried ...
Artnet

The Hunt: The Ancient Scrolls That Survived a Volcanic Event

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in the summer of 79 A.D, a pyroclastic flow, a superheated concoction of gas, ash, and volcanic rock, roared down the mountain’s slopes, obliterating everything in its path ...
The Mirror

First passages of Herculaneum scroll DECIPHERED by students using AI

Students won a competition using AI to decipher never-before-seen passages from the Herculaneum scroll which was almost destroyed by the Vesuvius eruption nearly 2,000 years ago. Winning hundreds of ...
Artnet

Italians Worry the Deciphering of the Herculaneum Scrolls Could Lead to More Digs

Experts predict that based on the scale of the ancient Roman Villa of the Papyri that its library could hold 40,000 scrolls that might contain lost knowledge from some of the greatest writers and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Take a Free Video Tour of Blockbuster Pompeii and Herculaneum Exhibition

History lovers who missed the opportunity to visit the British Museum’s blockbuster 2013 exhibition, “Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum,” in person are in luck. Beginning today, the London ...