Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...

In 79 CE, one of the most infamous tragedies of antiquity rocked the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Mount Vesuvius erupted, ...

In 89 BCE, Rome dispatched forces under the command of general Lucius Cornelius Sulla to lay siege to the city. It was one of ...

Brought back to the Valley by popular demand, “Pompeii — The Exhibition” closes at the Arizona Science Center on Sunday, ...

LONG before Pompeii’s residents were killed by molten rock blasting from Mount Vesuvius they faced another fast-moving threat ...

The destruction of Pompeii preserved ash residues on the household altars of its inhabitants. An international research team ...

Learn how researchers decoded 2,000-year-old ash from Pompeii incense burners to reveal imported resins from Africa and Asia, ...

The burnt remains of incense burned in rituals has turned up amidst the petrified remains of Pompeii in Italy for the first ...

New research on Pompeii incense burners shows how aromas from local plants and imported resin shaped household rituals.

Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.