An Ancient Roman erotic fresco painting has just been discovered by archeologists at a dig site in Pompeii. The stunning work ...
It wasn’t until the 18th century that Pompeii and the nearby city of Herculaneum were unearthed with ancient artifacts, ...
The exhibition isn’t just entertainment, it offers a haunting yet eye-opening glimpse into the lives frozen by Mount Vesuvius ...
A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet room. Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting, the frescos ...
ROME — Skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave attempting to escape death from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago have been discovered in ...
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of ...
We stepped into history to explore the myths and marvels of the storied city of Pompeii at London's immersive exhibition.
As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown. By Franz Lidz Of all end times tales, the ...
The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a catastrophic volcanic eruption in AD 79, with the remains of its inhabitants forever frozen under ...