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 ...

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.

A flock of grazing sheep is helping archaeologists to preserve the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the Roman city that was buried under meters of pumice and ash in the calamitous eruption of Mount ...

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.

Director Zuchtriegel: Pompeii is fragile — we’re inspecting the site after this morning’s seismic swarm to quickly assess any damage across the area.

Pompeii’s archaeological puzzles can be solved with a little help from chemistry Even after a century wrapped in plaster, remains show that certain victims very likely died of asphyxiation.

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 at Civita Giuliana, outside of Pompeii, discovered a trove of dishware, ceramics and bowls buried by Mount Vesuvius eruption.

A fresco discovered at the Pompeii archaeological site looks like a pizza, but it's not, experts say. Tomatoes and mozzarella were not available when the fresco was painted some 2,000 years ago.