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

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

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

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 ...

When it was made: Between 3500 and 3100 B.C. Related: Sun Chariot: An ornate Bronze Age treasure that may have featured in an ancient Nordic religious ceremony ... woven garment — meaning an item of ...

Pompeii has been under excavation for centuries but a string of recent discoveries, from a lavish private spa to children’s gladiator doodles, suggests the ancient Roman city buried by Mount ...

In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, obliterating the ancient Italian city of Pompeii under ash and pumice, killing thousands. After the ash cleared, only ruins were left. In 1972 AD, nearly 1900 years ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have found two nearly life-size statues that appear to be images of a Roman couple. They made this discovery in a cemetery near Porta Sarno, a gateway that once welcomed ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues depicting a man and a woman, Ancient Origins reported.

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 wiped out the ancient Roman city.