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

Dozens of grape vines have been planted amidst the ruins of Pompeii in a project to produce thousands of bottles of wine from ...

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

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.

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was the gravest natural disaster to strike Italy during the peak of the Roman Empire, killing more than a thousand people in nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly when it took place. Reading time 2 minutes Many scholars agree that Mount ...

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 ...

A newly excavated, ancient construction site at Pompeii, frozen in time after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, has allowed archaeologists to finally determine the methods used to make Roman concrete.

Archaeologists digitally reconstructed Pompeii’s residential towers using 3D models based on structural and visual evidence. The towers, once thought simple, reveal upper-level luxury dining spaces ...

Beneath the volcanic ash of Pompeii, researchers from the Harvard Graduate School of Design are unearthing the hidden lives of ancient Romans at the Casa Della Regina Carolina – a once luxurious home ...