It has been nearly 2,000 years since the ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed, but a recent study sheds new light on how the city and its inhabitants may have met their demise. While conventional ...

Archaeologists have unearthed extraordinary new frescoes and rooms at Villa Poppaea in Pompeii. These finds include a near-complete peahen fresco, theatrical mask fragments, and rooms potentially ...

Technology is helping researchers uncover details that have been lost over time, such as towers, symbols of wealth and power.

New frescoes with "extraordinary details and colours" and new rooms have been unearthed in a villa on the suburbs of the ...

The newest discovery in the ancient city of Pompeii details the final moments of a man and a woman before the city of Pompeii was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. During the excavations of Region IX, ...

When Allison Emmerson tells people that she studies Pompeii, she usually gets the same response: “‘Hasn’t that been done? What else is there to know?’” But, as she points out, there’s “an endless ...

Fresh excavations in Pompeii have turned a buried construction workshop into a working laboratory, revealing how Roman ...

The victims of the Pompeii eruption wore heavy wool cloaks and tunics, suggesting different environmental conditions in summer. (University of Valencia) ...

Actor Jackie Chan carried the Olympic torch through the ruins of Pompeii during the relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This immersive archaeological exploration of Pompeii, a once-thriving Roman city, will transport you back in time – before the catastrophic ...

Archaeologists explain the ongoing excavations at Pompeii and new findings about Vesuvius’ eruption date, slavery and daily life for ancient Romans. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii When ...