Who were the women who inhabited ancient Pompeii? A new exhibition of art, objects, and personal testimonies has the answers.

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, preserving Roman life in ash. Recent discoveries, including exotic animal bones, vitrified brains, erotic art, and children ...

and architectural wonders-- from monumental buildings to a huge central forum for trade and social gatherings. The ruins of Pompeii suggest a highly cultured and civilized society. But is that the ...

A close look at Pompeii’s stone-paved streets has shown how traffic through the ancient city changed dramatically after it was incorporated into the Roman world. Receive a weekly dose of ...

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a ...

Pompeii’s city walls had a 2-mile circumference and encircled streets packed with houses, villas, shops, temples, and public spaces. While public buildings such as the forum, bath houses ...

Ever wanted to experience what the Roman city of Pompeii was like before or during the historic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E.? Most museums, including the archaeological sites at modern ...

while the Colosseum is situated just after the Forum. It was the Colosseum where the gladiators used to fight in the ancient era and other big events used to be held. Europe’s one of the most famous ...

A handful of people in Pompeii that were killed by the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 are not who experts thought they were, according to a team of researchers that recently ...

to highlight the second life of Pompeii, the hidden and underground one, that of the lootings,” Osanna added. Visitors will then walk through a multimedia reconstruction of one of the first ...