It's one of the most thrilling sequences in Ridley Scott's new film Gladiator II, the long-awaited sequel to the 2000 ...

A close reading of these frescoes, models, and artifacts fully illustrates the enigma of Pompeii and is the fitting conclusion to our day-long discovery. Please Note: The price does include half-day ...

Age-old paintings of satyrs bedding nymphs and mythological figures fornicating have been newly unearthed at a small house at Pompeii. In its announcement of the house’s excavation this week, the ...

Remains of two individuals found in the Casa del Fabbro, or House of the Craftsman, in Pompeii, captured in a photograph taken in 1934 Researchers studying human remains from Pompeii have ...

Archaeologists in Italy have stumbled upon some intricate artwork inside a small Pompeii house that reportedly ... This includes a well-preserved fresco toward the back of the house, illustrating ...

ALSO LOOK: Astonishingly Wealthy Pompeii Home of Two Men Freed from Slavery Reopens to Public The preservation of frescoes at Pompeii is one of the many reasons why it stands among the most ...

In Pompeii, a new excavation in the insula of the Casti Amanti reveals a Roman house without an atrium but decorated with precious frescoes. The House of Phaedra testifies to a change in the ...

Fresco depicting the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii, Naples. (photo credit: Carole Raddato licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.) Archaeologists have unveiled a small ...

Aside from the frescoes, the House of Phaedra was also found to contain an altar decorated with a painted flying bird of prey towering above two snakes. According to Pompeii’s archaeologists ...

Archaeologists have discovered a tiny house in Pompeii filled with elaborate and erotic frescoes. It reveals the classic way in which the Romans decorated their houses. The house, situated in the ...