History Hit's Tristan Hughes explores the destruction of Pompeii, using extraordinary eyewitness testimony and the ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

The volcanic eruption of Santorini rocked the Mediterranean and changed history. Crucial—and chilling—evidence from the ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

Up to 400 documents have been damaged by the leak, according to Francis Steinbock, the deputy administrator of the museum. But no works of art were affected.

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...

Thousands of shipwrecks lie in the 4,080 square miles of the Bay and its feeder waters. The archaeologists, divers, and other ...

A special act has been issued requiring all government institutions to obtain technical advice from the National Building and ...

Forensic evaluation can be applied to bodies that are long dead and poorly preserved. Dental records, DNA analysis, and ...