Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.

Researchers have estimated how much the home's owners may have paid to paint the small sacrarium, calculating the price of the Egyptian blue pigment and the hours of labor required to prepare it ...

More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first ...

The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...

Since 1863, archaeologists have made more than 100 plaster casts, which show how victims died after Mount Vesuvius erupted in ...

Researchers using digital archaeology have uncovered how a grand staircase in Pompeii's House of Thiasus led to destroyed ...

A new permanent exhibition at Pompeii tells the full story of the ancient city’s destruction through casts, and accessible ...

In 89 BCE, when the residents of Pompeii rebelled against Rome, the Empire pulled no punches in its attempts to quell the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists in Italy have made a stunning discovery that adds to our understanding of ancient Roman life. In the suburbs of the ...

Art officials present a newly-restored ancient brothel in the archaeological complex of Pompeii, believed to be the most ...

In a Nov. 6 Facebook post, the Pompeii Archaeological Park said the ceramic situla, or vase, was found in the Thermopolium in Regio V, an ancient snack bar. “The glazed vessel, usually found in the ...