New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins ...

It’s pretty clear from Josephus and from the archaeology' that gladiators fought in Caesarea, says NYU professor; Israeli ...

The obscene graffiti directed against Caracalla and Geta in Gladiator II then is part of a long tradition of political ...

Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the ...

Pompeii Archaeological Park near Naples will set a limit on the amount of people who are visiting the ancient location after ...

In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash. The ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried under ash after ... adding that the measures are "a very concrete possibility," Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri told reporters during a press conference ...

One of the ancient submerged cities in the Mediterranean is found in Greece. Stories of submerged cities are as fascinating ...

In the late 70s AD Marcus Cerrinius Vatia ran for the lower magisterial office of aedile in the ancient city of Pompeii. More than 80 inscriptions, painted on the walls of the city’s buildings, record ...

To get a clearer picture of what everyday life in ancient Rome was really like, visit the well-preserved (and unlucky) city of Pompeii. Located just south of Naples, Pompeii was founded in 600 BC and ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii ... exchange in the Roman Empire. Pompeii is located about 150 miles (241 kilometers) from Rome. This photo provided by the ...