In “The Buried City,” a meditation on both the ruins of Pompeii and his life as a pioneering archaeologist, Mr. Zuchtriegel ...

Pompeii was buried beneath a sea of volcanic ash after a massive eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Pictures show some of the items from the house that are being recovered, in undated photo.

Pompeii Has Reopened Its Infamous House of Vettii, Home to a Portrait of a Man Weighing His Penis and Other Erotic Frescoes The ancient murals have been undergoing restoration for the past 20 years.

Pompeii alone is believed to have been inhabited by about 20,000 people. Most escaped. But archaeologists estimate that about 2000 lingered too long, or decided to ride the disaster out.

"Ghost Portraits" is a personal project for China Spring photographer Michael Larsen, with his trip to Pompeii inspired by a 2021 dinner conversation with a Baylor University professor.

For more than 50 years, a family in Pompeii kept a real treasure inside their home without having any idea about its worth. The canvas, found in the 1960s by a junk dealer, hung in their living ...

Pompeii may not have much to say about the history of the Roman Empire, ... So many modern sword-and-sandal pictures strain for their pageantry and, especially, ...

Pompeii was blanketed in ash in 79 A.D. when the notorious Vesuvius volcano erupted, ... Inside the brothel there is graffiti and erotic portraits, which can still be seen today.

Others depicting still life images and several portraits of women have also been newly revealed. Excavations at the House of Leda, which began in the 18th century and were relaunched in 2018, aim ...

The doomed city of Pompeii is more known for the massive volcanic eruption and earthquakes that destroyed the city in 79 CE than its culinary offerings.However, people in the ancient city near ...

Pompeii home owned by two former slaves more than 1,900 years ago is restored to its former glory: ... which is shown in portraits of couples copulating and of deities associated with fertility.

Leading independent distributor All3Media Intl. has signed a key deal for Lion Television’s upcoming premium factual series “Pompeii: The New Dig” as PBS joins the project, commissioned by ...