The study also found that Pompeii was even more of an ethnic ... also revealed that a cast known as the Pregnant Woman had not been pregnant and might not even have been a woman.

It is not the other Pompeii, the ancient and very sad city inhabited by slaves, revealed a year ago, but the real Pompeii ...

The woman’s adornments suggest she was more important than the man, according to Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Pompeii archaeological park. This, he said, could mean they were not married ...

The point is: a woman doesn't have to be a wife to be standing next to a man. What's fascinating is this isn't unique to Pompeii. In my new book, "Mythica," which looks at the women not of Rome ...

open image in gallery The sculptures depict a man and woman standing side by side (Archaeological Park of Pompeii/Alfio Giannotti) The tomb’s main feature is a large wall, peppered with niches ...

Archaeologists said the carvings were excavated and then relocated, and will be included in an exhibit highlighting the life of women in ancient Pompeii. The wife has additional accessories ...