Gibellina, in Sicily, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1968. Then an artist covered it in concrete to preserve the ruins for ...

Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...

In 79 CE, one of the most infamous tragedies of antiquity rocked the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Mount Vesuvius erupted, ...

Nearly 2,000 years after the once thriving city of Pompeii was buried in ash and pumice stone, fresh bread crafted in the ...

Two victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were found in recent archaeological excavations of Pompeii.

When we think of the murals in domestic spaces in Pompeii, we typically think of extravagant banqueting rooms or lavish columned atriums. But researchers have concluded that even “tiny houses” in the ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79, officials ...

Remnants of a “grape-derived product” was also found within one of the burners, the study noted, consistent with literary and ...