A laid-back guide leads us through amphitheaters and frescoed villas in Pompeii before a white-knuckle taxi sprint back to ...

Her body was a canvas. It told the story of her life. Her beliefs. Now, 2500 years later, this ancient ink is exposing a lost Iron Age culture.

Archaeologists uncovered stunning peacock frescoes and four new rooms at a luxury villa potentially connected to Emperor Nero's second wife.

Features of the site suggest that the property may have once belonged to Poppaea Sabina, Emperor Nero's second wife. He had ...

This Roman senator wrote some of the greatest letters in history. Here’s how Pliny the Younger’s words have kept ancient Rome ...

Archaeologists at a Pompeii site buried by the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius have uncovered evidence of ancient Roman ...