Wearing long, flowing animal skins ... As people fled Pompeii or hid in their homes, their bodies were covered by blankets of the surge. While Pliny did not estimate how many people died, the ...

Based on the depictions of dancers, hunters, and wine drinking, it seems these ceremonies were lively and full of joyful celebration, albeit with an element of grisly animal sacrifice as well.

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark fragments ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks ... shoulders or with a sword and the guts of an animal in their hands, according to the organization.

Since the mid 1800s, the voids left by the bodies have been filled with plaster to recreate their final moments. Pompeii remains a well-preserved archaeological site, attracting tourists from ...

We know this from archaeological evidence found at the best-preserved sites of Roman Italy — Pompeii, Herculaneum ... Consider the carnage produced by the popular gladiatorial and animal blood-bath ...

ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare ... on their shoulders or holding a sword and the entrails of an animal in their hands. At the centre, is a fresco of an elegantly ...