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The woman’s adornments suggest she was more important than the man, according to Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Pompeii archaeological park. This, he said, could mean they were not married ...
In 1971, though, Pink Floyd became the subject of their own cult-classic concert film, Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, in which they performed three songs beneath the sweltering Italian sun ...
The fresco with vivid colors was discovered in Pompeii in 2018. Credit: Pompeii sites A stunning fresco discovered amongst the ruins of ancient Pompeii in 2018 depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god ...
A rare megalography from the first century BC has just been uncovered in Pompeii, a site that never ceases to reveal extraordinary finds. A few kilometers to the north, in Pozzuoli, the Macellum — ...
In the wake of the midsized earthquakes that struck Pompeii in 62 C.E., the city’s affluent residents got to work redecorating. Much like today, they outsourced the task to others: painting ...
POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced the discovery of ancient murals that shed light on the ...
The museum’s current exhibition, Pompeii: Inside a Lost City, displays resin copies of 19th and 20th century casts of those who perished in the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.
Its objective was to analyze the composition of the pigments used in Pompeii from the 3rd century BCE until the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. Newly discovered frescoes in the House of Thiassus.