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Dozens of grape vines have been planted amidst the ruins of Pompeii in a project to produce thousands of bottles of wine from ...

Pompeii has long fascinated archaeologists and travelers alike, its ruins offering a vivid snapshot of Roman life paused by disaster. But even now, new discoveries keep shifting the story. In a ...

Scribblings analysed using state-of the art technology have brought new insight into the daily life and emotions of people ...

About 2,000 years ago, life in the Roman town of Pompeii—located in modern-day Italy—looked a lot like life anywhere else.

It has been thousands of years since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius left the Roman city of Pompeii in ruins, but the ancient archaeological site continues to offer new findings. An ornate "blue room," ...

A room decorated with peacocks reappears in a Roman villa near Pompeii after centuries hidden by volcanic ash.

New discoveries in Pompeii reveal industrial cooking spaces and new frescos. The area archaeologists are exploring now has been untouched since the 1800s. A shrine was also discovered, revealing how ...

Scenes of battle and words of romantic passion decorated the corridor wall outside of a theater.

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 ...

When we think of the murals in domestic spaces in Pompeii, we typically think of extravagant banqueting rooms or lavish columned atriums. But researchers have concluded that even “tiny houses” in the ...