A new analysis of wool clothing on human remains from Pompeii is reviving the debate over when Mount Vesuvius erupted.
Water in Pompeii’s Roman baths was contaminated, reveals new research. Limescale deposits in the buried city’s wells, pipes, ...
The pre-Roman baths of Pompeii would have been seriously grotty, according to an analysis of mineral deposits.
The city of Pompeii was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have now reconstructed the city's water supply system based on ...
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz reconstructed Pompeii’s water system using carbonate isotopes, showing a ...
Research uncovers how Pompeii’s early baths were unhygienic and how Roman water systems improved cleanliness but added new health risks.