A room-sized, 3D diorama at the National Archeological Museum of Naples in Italy, depicts the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

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Archaeologists found the ruins of an Iron Age settlement with a “rare” ancient Roman brooch buried underneath, possibly as an offering. Photo from GUARD Archaeology Sifting through the dark ...

Fragments of ancient pottery were uncovered at the site, allowing the team to map dates for when it was inhabited ...

For the first time in history, archaeologists have mapped an entire ancient Roman city using ground-penetrating ... of the Faliscan people — those who occupied this region of Italy before it was ...

In Italy, the remains of a luxurious ancient Roman villa have floated out of Lake Fusaro near Naples. This enchanting appearance is explained by bradyseism, which is a geological process caused by the ...

an ancient rural complex located in Sant’Antonio Abate, near Naples, Italy, where remarkable paintings of wine harvesting have been discovered. Buried under three meters of lapilli during the ...

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once ...

Lake Fusaro, Italy. Credit: Mentnafunangann / CC BY-SA 3.0 An ancient Roman villa has emerged from Lake Fusaro, near Naples, Italy, as shifting land continues to reshape the region. This rare ...

In the ancient world, terracotta sculpture was ubiquitous. Readily available and economical—unlike stone suitable for carving—clay allowed artisans to craft figures of remarkable variety and ...