Every so often, Pompeii pulls back another layer and reminds us how much of the ancient world is still waiting to be seen.

The world feels ordinary until a single detail shifts your perspective. A quiet fact can linger in your thoughts, reshaping ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae bustled with merchants, farmers and families going about their daily lives. Unbeknownst to them, Mount Vesuvius, a ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the ...

Researchers investigating the well-known House of Thiasus in Pompeii became fascinated with an unconnected stone staircase. A digital architectural reconstruction (based on features still present at ...

Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen features, such as large-scale arches and dome roofs. And many of these structures still stand ...

Archaeologists have made a discovery among the ruins of Pompeii that reveals how the Romans built their lavish empire. The team uncovered a construction site, untouched by the eruption of Italy's ...

Evidence of Roman engineering ingenuity is not in short supply. From Rome’s Pantheon to the Pont du Gard aqueduct in southern France to the Alcántara Bridge on the Iberian Peninsula, large-scale ...

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Two rooms in a vibrantly painted house were recently discovered by archaeologists in Regio V, a previously unexcavated part of ancient Pompeii. The emperor Nero is thought to have visited the southern ...

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