Why archaeologists are increasingly leaving historic sites untouched until we have less destructive technologies for studying ...

Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ...

Nearly two thousand years after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, destroying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, scientists ...

The disaster that obliterated two cities also created the intense heat and rapid cooling behind the one-of-a-kind ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in ancient Rome was so hot that it turned a victim’s brain into glass in a process never before seen on Earth, scientists have proved. A shard of “obsidian-like” glass ...

With a 3-0 victory Thursday over De Soto freshman Milayna Drummond at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Festus senior Mya Hairston ...

A man, thought to be the custodian of a religious group, was believed to be in his bed asleep, when a super-hot ash cloud hit ...

The bed where the man's body was discovered -- the rest of Herculaneum had fled for the sea ...

A young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was likely overcome by a fast-moving cloud of gas at a ...

Researchers found organic glass in the skull of a volcano victim, indicating the extreme and unique environment triggered by ...