At least one-half of the entire inscriptions are the graffits or scratching, a habit accounted for by the temptation to use the sharp-pointed stylus on the polished stucco of the walls or pillars.

In recent times areas around Naples have seen a flurry of activities as government agencies conduct drills to make citizens ...

Wealthy politician Aulus Rustius Verus owned a house in Pompeii. Archaeologist Dr Sophie Hay explains how he left his mark.

The unnamed 27-year-old was detained after staff discovered graffiti on a frescoed wall in an ancient Roman ... alongside its more famous neighbour Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ...

In a forgotten corner of Pompeii, archaeologists and other experts are working feverishly with their scalpels and other tools ...

It was likely the walls' stark colour was chosen to hide the ... "We know him from other political propaganda in Pompeii. He's a politician. He's super-rich. We think he may be the one who owns ...

“Pompeii was a city in crisis and flux,” says archaeologist Stephen Kay of the British School at Rome. The Pompeians labored to fix damaged roads, repaint walls whose frescoes had been ...

The walls themselves were painted mostly black ... About a third of the "lost city" of Pompeii remains obscured by volcanic debris from the eruption almost two millennia ago.

Earlier this year, archaeologists revealed frescos of mythical Greek figures including Helen of Troy and Apollo. The artworks ...

The obscene graffiti directed against Caracalla and Geta in Gladiator II then is part of a long tradition of political resistance in Rome. The anonymous author undercuts the tyranny and pomp of the ...

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