In the busier summer period, which runs from April 1 to October 31, visitors will also be given a designated time slot, adds the statement. The new process is being introduced after a record ...

Archaeology & History Pompeii’s Most Fascinating Finds of the Decade—So Far. From children's drawings to ancient fast-food counters, new finds continue to reshape our understanding of daily ...

Demographically, the team found that five individuals in Pompeii weren’t so genetically associated with modern-day Italians and Imperial-period Etruscans as they were to groups from the eastern ...

More than four million tourists visited the Pompeii archaeological site in 2024, an all-time record that prompted the introduction late in the same year of named tickets (to prevent resale) and a ...

The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history, killing up to 16,000 people. Now, researchers have revealed a minute-by-minute account of how ...

This fresco discovered in Pompeii may look like a 2,000-year-old pizza but archaeologists say it can't be—tomatoes weren't grown in Italy at the time.

In 79 A.D., a volcanic eruption engulfed a town’s residents. They weren’t all who scientists thought, newly extracted genetic material suggests.

In the busier summer period, which runs from April 1 to October 31, visitors will also be given a designated time slot, adds the statement. The new process is being introduced after a record ...