This Roman senator wrote some of the greatest letters in history. Here’s how Pliny the Younger’s words have kept ancient Rome ...

Archaeologists at a Pompeii site buried by the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius have uncovered evidence of ancient Roman ...

Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...

The relay will cover nearly 7,500 miles and wind its way through all 110 Italian provinces before reaching Milan's San Siro ...

Vibrant depictions of a peacock and a theatrical mask have emerged on frescoes in the Villa de Poppea, a site linked to ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly ...

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

New research finds that at least four individuals who died in the eruption were wearing woolen tunics and cloaks, which ...

Some of the victims at Pompeii were wearing woolen cloaks when they died, even though it was August, new research finds.

A digital architectural reconstruction has researchers believing a “lost Pompeii” existed with towers atop villas.

Actor Jackie Chan carried the Olympic torch through the ruins of Pompeii during the relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games ...