Italian archaeologists digging in Pompeii uncovered a 2,000-year-old fresco featuring what looks remarkably like a modern-day pizza– and some believe it might actually be a direct ancestor of ...

This 600-year-old ‘Crucifixion’ fresco has been restored to its original splendor, thanks to the support of U.S. nonprofit ...

A Pompeiian style fresco from Herculaneum titled "Young Hercules and the snake", dated to the I second A.C., is seen on display among other archaeological artifacts stolen from Italy and sold in ...

A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious Islamic tents were used to conceal altars in medieval European churches ...

Fresco discovery raises questions in Italy. By Valeria Pini, CNNitalia staff writer. ROME, Italy -- A medieval fresco, which could undermine Giotto's role as the founder of Italian painting, ...

A fresco in Pompeii revealed a surprising feast: a bready food that looks like a pizza. It may not qualify as pizza as Pompeii didn't have access to tomatoes or mozzarella, researchers said. The ...

The fresco was found in the atrium of a house under excavation to which a bakery was annexed, already partially explored between 1888 and 1891 and whose investigations were resumed last January.

A fresco from Herculaneum, a city which was destroyed along with Pompeii by the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius is now back in Italy, along with 59 other ancient pieces which were illegally ...

A fresco from Herculaneum, a city which was destroyed along with Pompeii by the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius is now back in Italy, along with 59 other ancient pieces which were illegally ...