These discoveries have added to a registry of 10,000 images that were carved or painted on the walls of Pompeii. The 79 previously unknown graffiti were uncovered by researchers from…

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, examined the limescale in the ancient baths of Pompeii and discovered that the water was changed only once a day. And this…

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius is traditionally dated to August 24, 79 AD — but the way Pompeii’s victims were dressed doesn’t look right for a hot summer day. A…

The ancient Roman city of Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Before this tragic event, the city was home to more than 20,000 people.…

During excavations of the large Port Sarno necropolis in ancient Pompeii, archaeologists uncovered two nearly life-size tomb statues of a man and a woman. These funerary sculptures date to the…

Archaeologists have uncovered a lavish private bath in Pompeii, buried almost 2,000 years ago beneath layers of volcanic rock and ash. The team studying the site in Italy’s Campania region…

A new DNA study by American and Italian researchers suggests earlier conclusions about Pompeii’s victims may be wrong. The team found some bodies had been misidentified. People who were assumed…

Recently, archaeologists uncovered a small house among the ruins of Pompeii, adorned with frescoes featuring risqué themes. One of the wall paintings depicts a semi-nude Phaedra, the mythological queen of…

Archaeologists uncovered the skeletons of two previously unknown victims of Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 A.D. in Pompeii’s Regio IX district. A man and a woman died in a room…

Classical historian Stephen Tuck of the University of Miami has uncovered new evidence about residents of Pompeii who survived the eruption of Vesuvius. More than two hundred citizens of the…

These doodles offer a window into how young Romans thought and what they cared about. Researchers estimate the artists were about 5 to 7 years old based on the size…

Ancient Roman Pompeii continues to astonish archaeologists with new discoveries. Recently, in the city devastated by Vesuvius’s first-century AD eruption, archaeologists uncovered a fresco showing Greek mythic heroes: Phrixus on…

Archaeologists digging in Pompeii’s central IX district uncovered a bakery. As part of a major project, they were investigating the remains of a house that had been under renovation just…

The new project at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii aims to showcase the diverse lives of the city’s inhabitants before its destruction. As a reminder, the city was buried under…

The ancient Roman city of Pompeii, buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., continues to astonish archaeologists with discoveries that offer a vivid glimpse into its residents’ lives. Recently, researchers…

Archaeologists digging in Pompeii uncovered a surprising fresco on the wall of an ancient house buried by volcanic ash nearly 2,000 years ago. The painting shows what some are calling…