A room decorated with peacocks reappears in a Roman villa near Pompeii after centuries hidden by volcanic ash.

About 2,000 years ago, life in the Roman town of Pompeii—located in modern-day Italy—looked a lot like life anywhere else.

Scenes of battle and words of romantic passion decorated the corridor wall outside of a theater.

The desperate final moments of a family caught in the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD have been discovered, offering a sobering reminder of the human cost behind one of antiquity’s ...

Water in Pompeii’s Roman baths was contaminated, reveals new research. Limescale deposits in the buried city’s wells, pipes, and bathing facilities show hygienic conditions were poor, say scientists.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Gianfranco Rosi’s award-winning documentary Pompei: Below the Clouds will be coming to U.S. theaters and ...

Scientists determined the origin of the bathing water and draw conclusions about Pompeii's water management system and ...