"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDKY) — After 21 years, cutting-edge technology pioneered at the University of Kentucky is being used to read a 2,000-year-old scroll. The Herculaneum scrolls were burned and buried in ...

Big news for history buffs and the morbidly curious: An ancient Roman beach is now open to the public for the first time since it was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The beach at ...

The volcanic eruption at Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD is almost certainly the most famous volcano of all time. It has captured the attention of everyone, including historians, volcanologists, and the average ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...

The 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried hundreds of scrolls that researchers now think they can read with AI. The charred scrolls can't be unrolled, so X-ray images are needed to look at the ...

Archaeologists discovered the skeleton of a Roman man who was fleeing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Scientists believe the man was possibly trying to get on a rescue ship. The skeleton was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDKY) — After 21 years, ...