Mount Vesuvius’ most famous eruption arguably took place in AD 79, killing up to 16,000 people in the Gulf of Naples,…
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The currents continued overnight into the following day, occurring approximately 80 minutes apart, while at sunrise on the 25th, about…
Famously, Brits have the Romans to thank for introducing the first roads. And now it seems we may also have the…
A ‘once in a century’ discovery has revealed a luxurious private bathhouse in the tragic Roman city of Pompeii.The bathhouse…
Archaeologists have discovered long-lost ancient Egyptian tombs that were hiding beneath a stone well for more than 4,000 years.Working at…
Today, only one kind of human exists – the homo sapiens.But about 60,000 years ago we went head-to-head – and…
Archaeologists have discovered a 1,500-year-old monastery with an intricate mosaic floor that bears a Bible verse blessing all who read…
One of the oldest known cases of the ‘Black Death’ plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old…
Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 2,800-year-old palace at a site where a Biblical prophet was said to have…