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 ...

Bath time in ancient Pompeii has been revealed as not the wholesome and clean experience as some might have thought. A new study on newly found minerals buried deep under lava, in 79 AD from the ...

ROME – Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a ...

Volcanologists are facing off with archeologists over the value of ancient artifacts vs. ancient lava. A road in the Pompeii Archaeological Park overlooking Vesuvius. The ancient city was buried ...

In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted and smothered the Roman city of Pompeii with volcanic debris and a heavy cloud of ash and ...

An excavation in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in A.D. 70, has unearthed a new treasure: a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago. It is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and ...

A picture released by the Pompeii Archeological Park Press Office, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, showing a private bathhouse recently discovered in the Pompeii archeological site. (Archeological Park of ...