In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a large fresco depicting Dionysiac rituals in an ancient banquet hall ... the frieze as the "Casa del Tiaso" (House of Thiasus). It's a reference to the ...

Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of ...

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans ... the woman who abandons her children, the house and the city, who breaks free from male ...

Most people will be familiar with the idea of Pompeii as a thriving ancient city where time stood ... they were found/created in the excavated houses. And now, more than a century-and-a-half ...

POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced the discovery of ancient murals that shed light on ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii, Italy, analyzed a variety of paint pigments, offering glimpse the art of ancient Romans, a study said. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii The ruins of Pompeii ...