The play centres on the destruction of Pompeii in AD79 and uses ancient graffiti as a gateway to reimagining life in the Roman city. Jonathan Brown, founder of Something Underground, who wrote and ...

Pompeii Italian Restaurant has opened in downtown Athens, taking over the historic space formerly occupied by DePalma's.

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

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

Brought back to the Valley by popular demand, “Pompeii — The Exhibition” closes at the Arizona Science Center on Sunday, ...

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 89 BCE, Rome dispatched forces under the command of general Lucius Cornelius Sulla to lay siege to the city. It was one of ...

In 79 CE, one of the most infamous tragedies of antiquity rocked the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii beneath ash and pumice, preserving the ancient Roman city’s ...

Montserrat feels like a modern day Pompeii, frozen in time with landscapes and structures that tell the story of what once was and what suddenly changed everything. #Montserrat #History #Exploration ...

People in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii burnt aromatic resins imported from as far away as what is now sub‑Saharan Africa and India in household incense burners 1. Incense burners, or censers, ...

Fresh bread baked according to traditions nearly two millennia old are now being sold at the world's most renowned Roman ...

The ruins of Pompeii continue to reshape history, this time shedding light on the military technology of the ancient world. A team from the University of Campania in Italy, led by researcher Adriana ...