It's been left unseen for more than 2,000 years, buried under volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Now, archeologists have uncovered a sensational fresco in Pompeii depicting a ...

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

An Iron Age settlement at the bottom of an Italy lake revealed more secrets. Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the province of Viterbo and Southern Etruria The summaries ...

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures ...

Sharing new secrets of Pompeii based on recent excavations, the director of Pompeii offers a jaunty and intimate new history of the ruined city, providing a revelatory account of who lived there ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks, offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed ...

A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet room. Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting, the ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...