It’s a place to have a spa day fit for an emperor. The largest private Roman bathhouse ever found in the ruined ancient city of Pompeii has been discovered recently by archaeologists under a ...

Dr. Ausilia Trapani is an archaeologist at the Applied Research Laboratory at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. As I saw the images—the first time in 2,000 years that anyone had laid eyes on ...

Pompeii, a vast archaeological site in southern Italy's Campania region, has been restricting the number of tourists to the site in a bid to combat overtourism and protect the world heritage site ...

Researchers discovered the 2,000-year-old painting at the Pompeii archaeological site. But it's probably not pizza, which was invented later.

Experts say the frescoes on the walls of an ancient banquet hall in Pompeii are among the finest ever found in the city destroyed by a volcano almost 2,000 years ago.

The continuing discoveries at Pompeii An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ...

Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.

New DNA evidence from the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii reveal that many of the presumptuous narratives about the charred victims are entirely false, according to a new study.

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of ...

The well-preserved nature of this shrine, its murals, and paintings is remarkable when you think about the utter devastation that befell Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago.

Colorful murals dating back thousands of years discovered in Pompeii, photos show. They depict fish, squid, birds and a wild boar.