A new Pompeii excavation revealed details about family members who barricaded themselves with a bed during the Mt. Vesuvius ...

The shrine, known as a lararium, is surrounded by well-preserved paintings and murals depicting animals, deities, and more.

The figures adorn the wall of a tomb found in a necropolis near one of Pompeii’s city gates. Pompeii Archaeological Park Two nearly life-size statues have been discovered inside a cemetery in ...

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 ...

There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion. For one local Italian family, it was a day just like any other. Food was being prepared ...

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New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the ... of those skeletons and conducted genetic tests to figure out where they were from — and to check ...

Pompeii's Secret Underworld ... Scratched on the walls of a courtyard is a stick figure scene next to a charcoal outline of a child's handprint. ZUCHTRIEGEL: So here we see the gladiators ...

A more territory-conscious and green Pompeii. Here is the new 'Sustainable Pompeii' route: fourteen symbolic places within the archaeological site, including houses, gardens, baths, and ...