Take one Pompeiian example, set up by the freedman Publius Vesonius Phileros, which opens with ineffable politeness: ...

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marveling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring the remnants of Europe’s distant past brings a special thrill to travelers ...

Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened to the public for the first time on Saturday. The Ya'er Lake Grottoes ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient ... amphitheatre and sumptuously stuccoed baths. But step outside the gates for a moment, and you’re in a very different – yet no less important – world.

In the ancient city of Pompeii, a newly excavated tomb revealed statues of a ... They were some of the only public priestesses, and therefore typically came from prominent families and were regarded ...

A near life-sized funerary relief of a couple emerged during an archaeological excavation at a monumental tomb in the Porta Sarno necropolis of Pompeii. The two high-relief sculptures were ...

The figures adorn the wall of a tomb found in a necropolis near one of Pompeii’s city gates. Pompeii Archaeological Park Two nearly life-size statues have been discovered inside a cemetery in ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have made the astonishing discovery of two life-sized relief sculptures of a man and a woman draped in classical robes. The pair, possibly husband and wife, stand within ...

Pictures released by officials show ancient stairs leading down to what was once used as a ritual bath. The steps show "notable traces of wear," according to the statement, and are "flanked by two ...

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marvelling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring the remnants of Europe’s distant past brings a special thrill to ...

Pictures released by officials show ancient stairs leading down to what was once used as a ritual bath. The steps show "notable traces of wear," according to the statement, and are "flanked by two ...

Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.