Tour leader Tonio Creanza outside St. Christopher’s church in Altamura, an ancient walled city in Puglia; members of the group practise with frescoes in a workshop before working on t.Photo by ...

London researchers recently reconstructed large Roman plaster collection, revealing vibrant frescoes hidden for 1,800 years ...

Tour leader Tonio Creanza outside St. Christopher’s church in Altamura, an ancient walled city in Puglia. Lucy Hyslop For Postmedia News If only this could translate into a scratch-and-sniff ...

In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in what would become one of humanity’s most infamous ancient tragedies. Tens of centuries ...

Archeologists have found a fresco in an ancient Pompeii bedroom that depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter, disguised as a swan, and a legendary queen of Sparta from Greek mythology.

A large fresco depicting scenes from the life of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine, revelry, and theater, was unveiled to the public in the archaeological site of Pompeii, near Naples, Italy ...

Dolphins in ancient Greece were revered as messengers of the gods and held a divine dimension that has survived through the ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely preserved frescoes of mythological scenes, the site said on Thursday.

Five frescoed stone slabs stolen from a tomb in the ancient city of Paestum and trafficked by a notorious artifact smuggler went on display in Italy on Thursday after a 10-year investigation. A police ...

An archeologist cleans up the fresco ”Leda e il cigno” (Leda and the swan) discovered last Friday in the Regio V archeological area in Pompeii, near Naples, Italy, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. The fresco ...