While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...

Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.

Since its discovery in the late 16th century, excavations of Pompeii's ruins have continued to shed light on the city's incredible life before it was buried by volcanic ash in 79 AD. A new ...

A stunning fresco discovered in Pompeii depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and Leda, the Greek mythical queen of Sparta ...

In the ancient ... and history of Pompeii have been studied and researched for decades, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still more to learn. Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption ...

Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new light on the power held by priestesses in the ancient ... of Pompeii was buried under ash and volcanic ...