Italian archaeologists digging in Pompeii uncovered a 2,000-year-old fresco featuring what looks remarkably like a modern-day pizza– and some believe it might actually be a direct ancestor of ...

The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 05:42. Stunning Roman frescoes have been uncovered by archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the ...

The discovery of the frescoes come just weeks after three researchers won a $700,000 prize for using artificial intelligence to read a 2,000-year-old scroll that was scorched in the Vesuvius eruption.

Rare fresco discovered in Pompeii shows type of woman who 'breaks free from male order to dance freely, go hunting and eat ...

Does This Pompeii Painting Depict a 2,000-Year-Old Pizza? The fresco features a flatbread with a variety of toppings—but no tomato and mozzarella ...

“In Pompeii it became fashionable to depict the myths in frescoes,” she said. In Ovid’s telling of Narcissus, he is a preternaturally handsome young man who is predicted to live a long life ...

A fresco found on the wall of a Pompeii bakery drew international attention after viewers noticed it appeared to include a depiction of an ancient pizza. The painting shows a goblet of wine, some ...

Pompeii Archaeologists Discover Fresco Painting of Roman Myth Leda and the Swan. Published Nov 19, 2018 at 12:10 PM EST Updated Nov 20, 2018 at 10:52 AM EST.

Archeologists in Pompeii, Italy, found a banquet hall with stunning frescoes showing mythological figures including Helen of Troy and Apollo. Here are photos.

ROME – Archaeologists have found a fresco in an ancient Pompeii bedroom that depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter, disguised as a swan, and a legendary queen of Sparta from Greek ...

The fresco is just the latest fascinating find at Pompeii. A scrawled piece of text on a wall in Pompeii, for example, is rewriting the history of the famous ancient eruption. The newly discovered ...