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 ...

A semi-fictionalized documentary series hosted by actor Tom Hiddleston follows three people in the ancient towns of Pompeii ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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Previously hidden text revealed without unrolling scroll discusses stoic philosophy on ethics, art and human behaviour ...