While there are layers of volcanic ash, lava, and intrusions of magma within the Yixian Formation, the scientists argue that the fossils lack the distinctive signs of a Pompeii-style death. If the ...

Ancient frescoes depicting a variety of vividly colored animals were discovered in Pompeii, park officials said. Photo from the Pompeii Archaeological Park Archaeologists discovered a series of ...

Archaeologists have discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption millennia before 79 C.E.—foreshadowing the devastation that would later entomb ...