An archaeologist, he wrote widely on everyday life under the pharaohs and did much of his fieldwork at Amarna, considered the ...

A three-part PBS documentary explores the revelatory recent excavations of the ancient Italian city buried by the eruption of ...

Children’s sketches depicting violent scenes of gladiators and hunters battling animals have been uncovered at the archaeological park of Pompeii, the park’s superintendent has said.

Superheated, toxic gas rapidly descended on the people of Pompeii, killing them in their tracks. Layers of pumice and volcanic ash covered the dead, along with the city, preserving it for nearly ...

Children watched gladiators fighting to the death, newly discovered drawings in Pompeii suggest. Archaeologists in the Roman city discovered children’s drawings of the duels, suggesting ...

Eclectic Kitchen, in short, is frozen in time, like Pompeii after Vesuvius spewed hot gas and ash on the city, fixing people ...

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 possibly violent fights they may ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. At Pompeii, a new excavation continues to unearth rich discoveries. Professor Steven Tuck of Miami University joins the ...

Modern art is full of examples of works inspired by these elusive descriptions, like David’s painting of Brutus when the ...