"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...

Scientists sampled tiny bone fragments sealed inside several Pompeii casts and tested DNA and isotopes to ask, and answer, ...

To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...

Archaeologists discover a bench in Pompeii opposite the Villa of the Mysteries that reveals Roman social and political life.

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 ...

Excavations of the still-buried portion of the palatial building may begin as early as next year and could unearth new ...

Additionally, the renderings match narrative and visual descriptions from the time. Pliny the Younger's description of his Villa Laurentina and the frescoes found in the grand hall of the House of the ...

When pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed Bartolo Longo, they will see not ...

The seat is across from the entrance to the Villa of the Mysteries, a large property full of beautiful frescoes located just outside the ancient city's walls ...

Artifact theft, from the Polish tourist 4 days ago to an American retiree. In Pompeii, the world's most famous archaeological ...

The literary term anti-mimesis describes when life imitates art, instead of the other way around. When critics use the term anti-mimesis these days, they are usually talking about work — be it ...