Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...

Around 20,000 people lived in Pompeii on the eve of the Mount Vesuvius eruption. Only a handful continued trying to live there afterwards. The Emperor Titus attempted but failed to revive Pompeii and ...

"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...

"This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 28 March to 29 September 2013"--Title page verso. This work explores the lives of the ordinary people of Pompeii and ...

If you're visiting southern Italy and planning a trip to Pompeii, there’s another ancient city you absolutely shouldn’t miss- Herculaneum. Tucked away on the Bay of Naples, this lesser-known ...

New evidence suggests people returned to live among the ruins of Pompeii after the ancient Roman city was devastated by a volcanic eruption. Archaeologists believe some survivors who could not afford ...

We’d just spent the morning exploring the quiet and well-preserved Herculaneum ruins before hopping onto a Circumvesuviana ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79, officials ...

For modern-day visitors to the archaeological park of Pompeii, the sight of long lines can be a source of annoyance. But to its aristocratic residents 2,000-years-ago, the presence of people waiting ...

Check out the surprising find archaeologists made at famed ancient city. French archaeologist Henri Duday of National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), shows a Samnite tomb of the fourth century ...

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. After Mount Vesuvius erupted, Romans ...