10 must-do experiences in Italy’s Campania region. It’s home to the Amalfi Coast, Capri, Pompeii and Naples, Italy’s third-largest city, plus limoncello and buffalo mozzarella.

Neither rich nor poor, Pompeii was a typical middle-class town. To serve its 20,000 residents, the city boasted more than 40 bakeries, 130 bars, and plenty of public baths.

Pompeii, a vast archaeological site in southern Italy's Campania region, has been restricting the number of tourists to the site in a bid to combat overtourism and protect the world heritage site.

A minor earthquake in southern Italy has caused the partial collapse of a wall and a portion of a vault at the Pompeii archaeological site, authorities said on Thursday.

Archeological excavations of Pompeii continue to shed light on the daily lives of ancient Romans.

Located about 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) southeast of Naples in what’s now Italy’s Campania region, Pompeii was geographically ideal due to its port, according to the study.

The archaeological site of Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius in the background, southern Italy. Archaeologists uncovered evidence to suggest that earthquakes may have played a role in Pompeii's destruction.

University of Campania researcher Adriana Rossi has found the impact marks in Pompeii’s excavated walls are unlike anything ever seen before. And only one mythological device could have caused them.

Located about 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) southeast of Naples in what’s now Italy’s Campania region, Pompeii was geographically ideal due to its port, according to the study.