While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two nearly life-sized sculptures of a man and a woman in a tomb near one of Pompeii's main ...

“Both the bodies and heads of the well-to-do young ... They will be displayed during this month’s exhibition Being a Woman in Ancient Pompeii, which opens April 16.

The passage of time has done nothing to diminish Pompeii's capacity to shock. With ossified bodies and filthy paintings ...

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

In the ancient city of Pompeii, a newly excavated tomb revealed ... Archaeologists also noted the carved accessories on the wife’s body, according to the releases, along with the elaborate ...