Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special Italian police unit, have been unveiled for the first time in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

And now, researchers investigating artifacts from the neighboring city of Herculaneum are using new technology to peek beneath Vesuvius’ blanket of ash and mud to uncover more of history’s ...

Italy celebrated the return of 60 ancient artifacts worth more than $20 million from the United States with a display in Rome’s Spadolini Hall on Monday. ... which was stolen from Herculaneum, ...

For Herculaneum had not been buried by a rain of lapilli and ash; it had been engulfed, ... He has published frequently on the archaeology and early art of the Dodecanese Islands and Italy.

Archaeology & History Italians Worry the Deciphering of the Herculaneum Scrolls Could Lead to More Digs. A.I. was used to decipher the scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption.

Dozens of looted artifacts, some dating to the 4th century B.C., made their way to a museum for rescued art in Rome after New York investigators seized the pieces and returned them to Italy this week.

The Antiquarium of the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, from April 10, 2025, ... The extraordinary artifacts, witnesses of the daily life of the ancient Roman city, ...

Find Archaeology Magazine on Facebook; ... While the streets, houses, and shops of ancient Herculaneum were preserved to a remarkable degree by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, ...

A Pompeiian style fresco from Herculaneum titled "Young Hercules and the snake" is seen on display among other archaeological artifacts stolen from Italy and sold in the U.S. by international art ...

This damaged portrait of a Roman woman was found in the town of Herculaneum, which ceased to exist after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. Photograph courtesy Roberto Alberti Iron element maps ...

In its vaults, the museum preserves 15,000 artifacts seized or confiscated from the black market over the years by a police unit focused ... such as Pompeii and Herculaneum. ...

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special police unit, have been unveiled for the first time in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples… ...