Can we identify the survivors of Mount Vesuvius’s devastating volcanic eruption in 79 CE? The second episode of the ...

In the ancient city of Pompeii, which was preserved under a blanket of ash and smoke from the Mount Vesuvius volcano eruption in 79 A.D., archaeologists have uncovered a banquet room decorated with ...

Specific findings at the site, buried by multiple eruptions of Mount Vesuvius ... only areas to the south of Vesuvius, famously the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, were heavily ...

Researchers have uncovered an ancient construction site ... according to a statement from the Pompeii Archaeological Park. At ...

What is most important is that the unexcavated part of Pompeii represents the heritage that we will bequeath to future generations, who through this yet-to-be-explored part of the city will be able to ...

The Herculaneum Scrolls contain hugely significant philosophical and literary texts from ancient ... papyrus. Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis ...

“Pompeii: The New Dig” not only brings the excitement of real-time archaeological discoveries to your screen but also ...

A three-part PBS documentary explores the revelatory recent excavations of the ancient Italian city buried by the eruption of ...

by the Pompeii Archaeological Park press office, showing two skeletons that archeologists believe were men who died when a wall collapsed on them during the powerful earthquakes that accompanied the ...

The villa contains huge elaborate pillars, ancient pots known as amphora ... excavations of sites buried by eruptions of Mount Vesuvius have focused on Pompeii, which is south of the volcano.

The Pompeii Archaeological Park and the Aspen Art Museum have teamed up on a show to be curated by the painter Allison Katz.

The W&M Department of Classical Studies offers a three-week intensive summer program in Ancient Roman Studies, emphasizing ...