Herculaneum was a popular resort town for wealthy Romans; Pompeii was a prosperous and bustling city with opulent villas, bars, cafes, and bathhouses, and an arena that could seat 20,000. Though ...

Travel website iitaly Calabria said ... Herculaneum gets somewhat overshadowed by its neighbour Pompeii, which is a far larger site, but that doesn't mean it isn't still well worth a visit.

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79, it buried various cities at the Gulf of Naples under massive volcanic material – including Herculaneum, located near Pompeii. In the 18th century ...

Thanks! Visiting Pompeii, the ancient Roman city in southern Italy that was destroyed by a volcano, is on a lot of people’s travel bucket lists – it had been on mine since I was little! Before I ...

The newly-uncovered fresco was found on a half-crumbled wall in what was the hallway of a house in Pompeii Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a painting which ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Five minutes from the ruins of Pompeii, Italy, the great Roman city destroyed by the volcano of Mt. Vesuvius, there is a an area called Valle di Pompeii where ...

A "fast food" shop from the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in a volcanic eruption almost 2,000 years ago, is to open to the public - for viewings only - next year. The food ...