The true date of the eruption has long eluded—and vexed—historians of the deadly disaster. Here’s what the archaeological ...

New evidence has led archaeologists to believe that people may have lived among the ruins of Pompeii following the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which wiped out the entire Roman city.

The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever frozen under ...