Newly discovered frescoes unearthed at Pompeii reveal glimpses of a wine-fueled cult that embraced the "wild, untamable side of women". The Pompeii Archaeological Park recently announced the ...

POMPEII, Italy (AP) — A new project inside the Pompeii archaeological site is reviving ancient textile dyeing techniques to show another side of daily life before the city was destroyed by a ...

Vivitek projectors surface-mapped the artistic displays onto the ancient buildings and squares to tell the story of the ...

Pompeii, which was famously destroyed and frozen in time by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, was a city of "avid scribblers," Viitanen told LiveScience.

Pompeii's history reads like a Greek tragedy. Settlers originally flocked to the site of the Roman port city because of its fertile soil—the product of volcanic ash from nearby Mount Vesuvius.

Two newly discovered skeletons found at the doomed Roman town of Pompeii show that the most famous volcanic eruption of the ancient world also posed a less well-known threat: earthquakes.. The ...

Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction – and its traffic-worn streets show how the locals adjusted their business operations ...

Photo: The Archaeological Site of Pompeii Unfortunately, the machine only allows casts of a 70cm diameter to enter – so parts of the more portly residents of Pompeii will remain a mystery – although ...

"The Archaeological Potential Map of the Municipal Territory of Pompeii", the book by Domenico Camardo and Mario Notomista, with a contribution from Aldo Cinque, will be presented tomorrow, March ...

One of Pompeii's finest mosaics - a guard dog at the entrance to a villa A vivid Roman dog mosaic is back on show after restoration at Pompeii, despite Italy's problems funding the historical site ...

A new project inside the Pompeii archaeological site is reviving ancient textile dyeing techniques to show another side of daily life before the city was destroyed by a volcano in 79 A.D.