For most travellers, souvenirs come neatly packaged: fridge magnets, postcards, or a scarf bought from a local market. But ...

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

Two life-size funerary figures have been found in Pompeii that reveal the power, status, and public role of a Roman woman.

If you are trying to travel beyond landscape and cuisine and looking to spend time with the ancient past, Pompeii stands ...

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

A love note, a gladiatorial combat scene, a barrage of insults and everyday confessions have emerged on a wall in Pompeii, thanks to new imaging technology that has revealed nearly 80 previously ...

Pompeii theater corridor reveal love notes, gladiator duels, and insults, offering a vivid glimpse into ancient Roman street life.

New technology has uncovered crude sex stories, toilet humour and gladiator sketches in what researchers believe was a public ...

Hygiene was far from ideal in the Roman city, which was not connected to a river and relied on wells more than 30 meters deep ...

A deep look at the most graffiti-filled corridor in all of Pompeii revealed 79 new inscriptions from over 2,000 years ago, ...