The artifact, found off the coast of Italy, is believed to depict a larger-than-life male torso, archaeologists said.

Pompeii, a name synonymous with a moment frozen in time, continues to yield incredible secrets, two thousand years after ...

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

The small garden now features thousands of roses, violets, cherry trees and vines. Experts think a perfumer may have once ...

Archaeology & History A 2,000-Year-Old Pompeii Garden Springs Back to Life The Pompeii Archaeological Park has recreated an ancient perfume garden—right down to its antique roses.

The villa, located in the Civita Giuliana area outside the walls of ancient Pompeii, was originally discovered at the beginning of the 20th century, then partially excavated in the 1950s and later ...

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

In fact, so many shoes have been found across the two sites, the Vindolanda archaeological trust maintains a "shoe specialist ...

The Buried City: Unearthing the Real Pompeii by Gabriel Zuchtriegel, translated by Jamie Bulloch, Hodder Press £22 256 pages This article has been amended to clarify that the ancient Greek city ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...

Ancient Romans in need of a quick bite often chowed down on fried songbirds, new research suggests. A researcher working on the island of Mallorca found bones of song thrushes inside a trash pit ...