20

Jul

Pompeii Victims: New Evidence of Earthquake Impact on AD79 Eruption Deaths

Victims who perished in Pompeii after the devastating AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius may have been killed by a simultaneous earthquake, research has suggested. Scholars have debated for decades whether…

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27

Feb

Unique chariot found in Pompeii

Archaeologists have unearthed a unique ancient-Roman ceremonial carriage from a villa just outside Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. The almost perfectly preserved four-wheeled carriage…

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27

Dec

Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii

Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the…

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23

Nov

“Exceptional discovery” in Pomepei

Handout photos made available by Parco Archeologico of Pompeii shows two bodies, master and slave: they are the almost intact bodies of two men, a forty-year-old wrapped in a warm…

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27

Nov

Archaeological Park of Pompeii opens to the public

Photos from the Regio V in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii in Italy which opened to the public along with the great discoveries this week. Among the items on show…

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12

Oct

Fresco with two gladiators fighting discovered in Pompeii

A handout photo made available by the Italian Culture Ministry on 11 October 2019 shows two gladiators at the end of a fight, with one (L) winning and the other…

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29

Mar

Well-preserves frescoed fast food counter unearthed in Pompeii

A well-preserved frescoed “fast food” counter is among the latest discoveries unearthed by archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The 150 or so thermopolia, or snack bars, dotted…

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