ROME — The ancient Pompeian fresco depicting the mythological scene of Leda and the swan was well preserved. It shows the rape of the queen of Sparta by Jupiter, the Romans’ Zeus, in the form of a ...

The Ancient Roman room, thought to have been used as a shrine for ritual activities, is estimated to date back approximately 2,000 years. Earlier this month, archaeologists from Pompeii's ...

Imagine mounting a scaffold in the atrium of a historic Roman estate. You spy a small trap door in the vaulted ceiling; on inspection the hatch opens into a cavity between the new ceiling and an older ...

It has been thousands of years since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius left the Roman city of Pompeii in ruins, but the ancient archaeological site continues to offer new findings. An ornate "blue room," ...

Archaeologists have discovered a tiny house in Pompeii filled with elaborate and erotic frescoes. It reveals the classic way in which the Romans decorated their houses. The house, situated in the ...