Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...

To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...

The bronze artifacts may have served as coffin handles for a burial in what is now Israel, but the true nature of the find ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Archaeologists have discovered two male bodies in the Suburban villa of Civita Giuliana, approximately 700 meters Northwest ...

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