A symplegma of a satyr and nymph discovered on the walls of an excavated home at Pompeii (all images courtesy of the MIC Archaeological Park of Pompeii) Archaeologists at Pompeii have unearthed a ...

After 20 years of restoration, Pompeii has reopened the House of the Vettii, allowing visitors to see its erotic frescoes in the richly painted villa for the first time in two decades. “You can stand ...

The Dionysian fresco, dubbed the "house of Thiasos" by archaeologists, was unearthed from a banquet hall amid excavations to Insula 10 Regio IX in Pompeii. (all images courtesy Parco Archeologico di ...

Two of the biggest, most recognizable things from the ancient world—Pompeii and the Trojan War Epic—have come together in a miraculous new find at Pompeii. In 2024, a series of stunningly beautiful ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii said Tuesday they had found what might have been the precursor to the modern-day pizza depicted on an ancient fresco -- but without the cheese and ...

A recently unearthed fresco at a house in Pompeii shows a flatbread that could have been a precursor to pizza. Archaeological Park of Pompeii In a fresco found at Pompeii, a silver platter holds a ...

In the ancient city of Pompeii, which was preserved under a blanket of ash and smoke from the Mount Vesuvius volcano eruption in 79 A.D., archaeologists have uncovered a banquet room decorated with ...

From children's drawings to ancient fast-food counters, new finds continue to reshape our understanding of daily life in the ill-fated Roman city. A restorer works on one of the frescoes in the ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a series of nearly life-size frescoes spanning three walls of an ancient banquet hall. Set against a ruby-red backdrop, the wall paintings depict female ...