Around 20,000 people lived in Pompeii on the eve of the Mount Vesuvius eruption. Only a handful continued trying to live there afterwards. The Emperor Titus attempted but failed to revive Pompeii and ...

"This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 28 March to 29 September 2013"--Title page verso. This work explores the lives of the ordinary people of Pompeii and ...

"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...

We’d just spent the morning exploring the quiet and well-preserved Herculaneum ruins before hopping onto a Circumvesuviana ...

Archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, unearthed a private bathhouse built over 2,000 years ago, officials said Friday. The discovery includes sumptuous ...

The Herculaneum victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were blasted with such extreme heat that their soft tissue disappeared, scientists have discovered. In a paper released May 27, ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79, officials ...

A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...

"You will see that Pompeii had everything we enjoy today, except electricity," our guide told us as we neared the acres of ruins of the fabled Italian city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

Italy’s famous Amalfi Coast is home to 13 towns, but let’s be honest – you’ll only stay in a handful of those. Positano and ...

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series ...