A portion of the Pompeii Archaeological Park damaged by an earthquake in 1980, sustained damage after a minor earthquake ...

In the shadow of Vesuvius, Pompeii has long offered an unparalleled window into ancient Roman life—but the view has been skewed. For centuries, women’s roles in the city have been overlooked ...

The delicacies eaten here were preserved in a cloud of ash from Mount Vesuvius, making Pompeii unique in the world of archaeology. This fresco discovered in Pompeii may look like a 2,000-year-old ...

A bronze statue at Pompeii’s Temple of Apollo, with Mount Vesuvius visible in the background (photo by Graham O’Keeffe via Flickr) Earlier this month, the University of Chicago Press published ...

However, it has become clear the streets of Pompeii are just as busy today, if not even more so. Last year, the iconic archaeological site saw a record-breaking four million visitors during the ...

Photograph of the presumed arrow marks by a polybolos in the northern wall of Pompeii. Credit: A. Rossi et al. A team of Italian researchers has discovered markings on the walls of Pompeii that could ...

A moment in time: Mosaic depicting a theatre show, from the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii. Photo / Getty Images When German archaeologist Gabriel Zuchtriegel was made director of the Pompeii ...

That city was of course Pompeii, a city like no other. Because of the catastrophic way in which it was destroyed, first by a rain of tiny volcanic stones, then colossal amounts of super-heated ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

Once protected by a layer of at least 30 feet of the volcanic ash and soil that had fallen on Pompeii in A.D. 79, the villa’s stunning decoration was immediately exposed to potential damage from ...

ST. LOUIS — This summer, history resurfaces in a powerful and immersive way as POMPEII: THE EXHIBITION opens in Boeing Hall at the Saint Louis Science Center. Running from May 16 through ...