• History
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 21st, 2015
X-Rays Used to Read Scrolls Buried in Volcanic Eruption 2,000 Years Ago

X-Rays Used to Read Scrolls Buried in Volcanic Eruption 2,000 Years Ago

These scrolls and hundreds of others were carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted back in AD 79, researchers explain

In Ancient Pompeii, the Menu Held Giraffe and Sea Urchin

In Ancient Pompeii, the Menu Held Giraffe and Sea Urchin

New archaeological evidences reveal an interesting diet

  • History
  • By Smaranda Biliuti
  • November 3rd, 2010
Pompeii’s Mystery Horse Is a Donkey

Pompeii’s Mystery Horse Is a Donkey

How to Digitally 'Unroll' 1,900-Year-Old Scrolls

How to Digitally 'Unroll' 1,900-Year-Old Scrolls

The documents have been found in Herculaneum

  • History
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • December 12th, 2008
How Vesuvius Buried a Pompeian Family

How Vesuvius Buried a Pompeian Family

A retroactive view of the catastrophe from within

  • History
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • September 30th, 2008
Fish Sauce Analysis Helps Date Pompeii Catastrophe

Fish Sauce Analysis Helps Date Pompeii Catastrophe

The destruction of Pompeii by Vesuvius' eruption now clearly dated

  • Nature
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • September 11th, 2008
Mount Vesuvius Said to Erupt Again

Mount Vesuvius Said to Erupt Again

Hypothetic eruption believed to match the one that buried Pompeii