Researchers from the University of Tokyo have unearthed what may be an ancient villa they believe belonged to the first Roman ...

A new study found that to offset the planet-warming carbon emissions from fossil fuel reserves, trees would have to cover an ...

Archaeologists uncovered disturbing details about a Pompeii family's fight for survival during the destructive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced the ...

Pompeii alone is believed to have been inhabited by about 20,000 people. Most escaped. But archaeologists estimate that about 2000 lingered too long, or decided to ride the disaster out.

V isitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don’t often think to look beyond the city walls.

Another recent find in Pompeii was a giant fresco representing the Roman god of wine, Dionysus. By 79, Pompeii had a population of 20,000. The eruption lasted for two days.

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered two immaculately preserved statues which depict a man and a woman of high social status who lived in the community.

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of ...

2 statues discovered in Pompeii during tomb excavation Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano ...

The architecture, artwork and history of Pompeii have been studied and researched for decades, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still more to learn. Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have made the astonishing discovery of two life-sized relief sculptures of a man and a woman draped in classical robes. The pair, possibly husband and wife, stand within ...

At its top stood the relief sculpture of the couple, with the male figure standing at 5’7″ and the female standing at 5’8″. While the tomb itself was impressive, it was the artifacts within it that ...