History lovers can rejoice over the recent announcement of the restoration of a fresco lost during the disastrous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii, Italy. The Pompeii Archaeological Park has ...

In this section of the scroll, the author takes a shot at his adversaries, who “have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular, when it is a question of definition.” Artificial ...

A full Herculaneum scroll "unwrapped" with technology reveals new texts, titles and authors unknown to history and ushers in a new era for the study of the ancient world.

It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our ...

Archaeologists working at Pompeii have pieced together fragments of a frescoed vaulted ceiling from a banquet hall in Regio ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii. Now, new research is digging deeper into what really ...

Before Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in ash, it was a thriving city filled with busy homes and bustling streets.

We all know the plaster casts of Pompeii, haunting human snapshots of people caught in their final moments during the ...