A mechanical artwork created in 1775 to portray the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius has been brought to life for the first time. A remarkable mechanical artwork first envisioned in 1775 to capture ...

Elon Musk declared he is "rewriting history books" with AI research into ancient Rome. The technology billionaire announced ...

On October 27, Elon Musk unveiled the first version of Grokipedia, an open-source encyclopedia that he pushed as an ...

Still, the best place to go for an influx of local Roman knowledge is the Droitwich Salt Museum. Given a revamp after ...

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The inferno, which volcanologists estimate raged for 32 hours, transformed the bustling Roman resort town of Pompeii into a ...

To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...

Vesuvius tremors, tomb raiders and patient Neapolitan Fire Brigade workers all have a part to play in Gianfranco Rosi’s poetic meditation on the fragile nature of Naples.

This first episode of a three-part series on Pompeii and Vesuvius follows three Pompeiians through their daily routines up to the moment of the eruption.

A team has used 3D reconstructions of lost buildings to gain insight on the richness of life above ground in the ancient city ...

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic rocks, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious threats to ...