An ancient fresco portraying an ancient Greek myth discovered in Pompeii in 2018 is one of the highlights of the ruins of the ...

This is the moment thick plumes of volcanic ash billowed into the sky above Mount Etna on Saturday, as Italy's most active ...

A recent excavation of the famous Villa Poppea has discovered new paintings and rooms. Archaeologists have unearthed ...

The findings, which were published December 9 in the journal Nature Communications, are the clearest evidence of mixing ...

In the shadow of Vesuvius, just a few kilometres from Pompeii, Villa Poppaea fascinates visitors with its exceptional state ...

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

ArtNet News reports that excavators working in the ancient Roman town of Oplontis, three miles west of Pompeii, have ...

Actor Jackie Chan participated in the Olympic torch relay through Pompeii's ruins for the Milan Cortina Winter Games. The ...

The relay will cover nearly 7,500 miles and wind its way through all 110 Italian provinces before reaching Milan's San Siro ...

Actor Jackie Chan has carried the Olympic torch through the ruins of Pompeii during the relay for the Milan Cortina Winter ...

Vibrant depictions of a peacock and a theatrical mask have emerged on frescoes in the Villa de Poppea, a site linked to ...

A study found some Pompeii victims died while wearing wool, complicating the eruption date of Mount Vesuvius, long believed ...