The small garden now features thousands of roses, violets, cherry trees and vines. Experts think a perfumer may have once ...

Now, a new garden is taking root the same spot. The Pompeii Archaeological Park has just unveiled the restored Garden of Hercules (so named for a statue of the mythical hero uncovered at the site ...

Excavations of Pompeii continue today, telling stories of the way people lived almost two thousand years ago. One story tells ...

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The ancient Garden of Hercules, a centuries-old site in the heart of Pompeii, has reopened to the public following an extensive restoration. Dating back to the 3rd century BCE, the site has been ...

The stunning, complete plaster cast of one of the villa's horses is the first of its kind from Pompeii. When the volcano erupted, many of the town’s residents and animals collapsed and died in ...

Pompeii fresco showing the distribution of bread on a street (1st century). Photo: DEA / L. Pedicini / De Agostini via Getty Images.