Researchers in Pompeii believe they may have found the first physical evidence of an ancient Greek 'machine gun' known as ...

Archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, unearthed a private bathhouse built over 2,000 years ago, officials said Friday. The discovery includes sumptuous ...

Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and ...

The woman’s adornments suggest she was more important than the man, according to Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Pompeii archaeological park. This, he said, could mean they were not married ...

It’s a place to have a spa day fit for an emperor. The largest private Roman bathhouse ever found in the ruined ancient city of Pompeii has been discovered recently by archaeologists under a ...

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of ...

In A.D. 79, the final event for many of the inhabitants of Pompeii was the volcanic eruption ... which had largely been based on physical appearance, the positioning of the casts and romantic ...

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 ...