A mysterious residue inside a set of ancient Greek pots from Paestum, Italy, has now been identified as honey thanks to ...

Dan Snow journey to Pompeii in his new 5 show, with historian Kate Lister in tow. But he was amazed by the discoveries he was ...

How sheep, goats, and pigs were raised, but also how aquatic resources were exploited and cereals and legumes were cultivated ...

An ancient Roman erotic mosaic depicting a half-naked couple has returned to Pompeii more than 80 years after it was stolen ...

A mosaic panel on travertine slabs, depicting an erotic theme from the Roman era, was returned to the archaeological park of Pompeii on Tuesday, after being stolen by a Nazi German captain during ...

An 18th-century British ambassador to Italy was so fascinated by volcanoes that he designed a multimedia device to make ...

Archaeologists have revitalized a Roman flower garden in Pompeii that survived an earthquake in 62 A.D. before being buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The garden was hidden for nearly 1,900 years.

Restored Pompeii house offers rare look at life for the ancient elites of the volcano-pummelled city January 10, 2023 / 7:44 AM EST / AP ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii recently unearthed the well-preserved remains of two people believed to have died in an earthquake that accompanied the infamous volcanic eruption there almost 1,500 ...

Pompeii’s archaeological puzzles can be solved with a little help from chemistry Even after a century wrapped in plaster, remains show that certain victims very likely died of asphyxiation.

Pompeii is only some 14 miles from Naples, which the Reuters news agency describes at "the modern-day home of the Italian pizza, a UNESCO-protected food." ...