To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...

The decorated plaster was found dumped in a large pit at a London development site that has previously yielded other ...

Thousands of newly discovered fragments, which once adorned a high-status Roman building, offer an unprecedented glimpse into ...

A new exhibition is spotlighting the women who have long been sidelined in histories of the Roman Empire—from mothers and ...

These ancient artifacts reveal the untold stories and everyday lives of women in the ill-fated Roman city. A fresco exhibited in the exhibition "Being a Woman in Ancient Pompeii" in Pompeii, Italy.

The fresco captures the moment when Helle holds out a hand to Phrixus for help. The ancient story likely no longer held any religious value for Pompeii residents and served merely as a decoration ...

ROME — Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a large fresco depicting Dionysiac rituals in an ancient banquet hall. The frieze, dating back to 40s-30s BC, shows a Dionysian procession with bacchantes ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a large fresco depicting Dionysiac rituals in an ancient banquet hall. The frieze, dating back to 40s-30s BC, shows a Dionysian procession with bacchantes ...