A mysterious 'Blue Room' was found in the ruins of Pompeii, featuring rare frescoes and artifacts that reveal insights into ...

As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. According to most modern accounts, the story pretty much ends there: Both cities were wiped out ...

A rare blue shrine was recently unearthed from Pompeii, officials said. The room dates back around 2,000 years. Photo from the Pompeii Archaeological Park Archaeologists recently unearthed a rare ...

Children’s sketches depicting violent scenes of gladiators and hunters battling animals have been uncovered at the archaeological park of Pompeii ... in the arena was real and that few saw ...

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 ...

the blood spilt on the arena was real.” Witnessing such brutal scenes must have had an impact on the psychological health of small children living in Pompeii, archaeologists said. The drawings ...

ROME, May 29 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii near the city of Naples have uncovered charcoal sketches drawn by children as young as six years old, depicting ...

Mount Vesuvius is one of the world’s most iconic landmarks, largely thanks to the cataclysmic eruption that consumed Pompeii and other key towns in ... ornate marble statues, wall paintings, stucco ...

the room was previously accessed in the 17th and 18th centuries by individuals who likely stole the statues that once sat in the wall boxes. The only written account of what happened to Pompeii ...