Italy currently boasts an incredible 60 UNESCO World Heritage sites, which is more than any other country on the planet. They aren't all ancient ruins, either. The sites fall into a few categories.

A portable sundial that looks like a pork leg — and it was likely owned by Julius Caesar's father-in-law before Mount Vesuvius erupted In 1994, Byzantine scholar Nikolaos Oikonomides argued that the ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Although the museum’s artwork was unscathed, roughly 1,400 trees on the property burned during the Palisades fire. Visible ...

A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...

Explore Pompeii, Laser Shows, OMNIMAX films, and a new 21+ event series this summer at the Saint Louis Science Center. Fun ...

Pompeii, a name synonymous with a moment frozen in time, continues to yield incredible secrets, two thousand years after ...