A bronze statue of Apollo dating to the first ... much remains to be found and studied; about a third of the city of Pompeii remains buried, a good thing since ancient sites become vulnerable ...

While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.

In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

This produced the largest cache of pigments ever found in Pompeii, 150 pots in all ... the originals “ensuring that restored sections of frescoes are chemically and visually consistent with ...

Since 1998, researchers have found evidence of over 50 cremation burials in the necropolis. The current excavation, called "Investigating the Archaeology of Death in Pompeii," has been ongoing ...

Watch Pink Floyd’s performance of One Of These Days from their restored Pompeii concert film which arrives in cinemas on ...

Its size was uncommonly small compared with others found in Pompeii, including some situated close by, and adding to the ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life ... Archaeologists found the statues at the top of a huge mausoleum featuring and entry wall, at ...

A near life-sized funerary relief of a couple emerged during an archaeological excavation at a monumental tomb in the Porta Sarno necropolis of Pompeii. The two high-relief sculptures were ...