director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii said. “[The baths are] an example of how the Roman domus served as a stage for the spectacle of art and culture that the owner staged to acquire ...

BEST OF 2021: Within the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, in a room known as the 'Secret Chamber', is a unique collection of erotic art, found perfectly preserved in the ruins of Pompeii ...

which along with nearby Pompeii was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. While the heat and ash from the volcano was catastrophic for the town, it preserved the scrolls - though in an ...

After the eruption, bodies of the victims at Pompeii were famously preserved in a protective shell of ash before they eventually decayed. Since the mid 1800s, the voids that these bodies left ...

This has prompted comparisons to a famous archeological site where behavior is similarly well preserved: the site of Pompeii, a town crystallized by volcanic eruption almost 2000 years ago.

director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii said. “[The baths are] an example of how the Roman domus served as a stage for the spectacle of art and culture that the owner staged to acquire votes or ...