A recent genetic study calls for a reexamination of the identities and relationships of several individuals buried and ...

The House of the Greek Epigrams was an impressive home in northeast Pompeii once decorated with lavish frescoes. It was ...

The house of the Small Fountain at Pompeii Archaeological Park reopens to the public upon completion of the restoration work. With the reopening to the public of the house of the Small Fountain at the ...

POMPEII, Italy — The world-famous Pompeii archaeological park introduced on Friday a daily limit of 20,000 visitors, the latest Italian tourist hotspot to take action against overcrowding. The ...

Herculaneum was also destroyed when Vesuvius erupted, but it’s much quieter than Pompeii. Herculaneum is also much better preserved and many of the buildings still have their upper storey intact. The ...

Some of the victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D. in Pompeii were cast in plaster ... and the plaster casts could have been “creatively restored” in the past, the study authors ...

Pompeii’s “Two Maidens” may have been young gay lovers. Credit: Claus Ableiter / CC BY-SA 3.0 Around 2,000 years ago, when Mount Vesuvius erupted, two people in the ancient city of Pompeii held onto ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Elvis had a pompadour. Now the Graceland Exhibition Center has "Pompeii." A collection of close to 170 artifacts excavated from the famous ruins of the ...

According to a recent study published in Current Biology, the foursome in the House ... restored in the past,” according to the new study. This means that popular interpretations of Pompeii ...

All of these points make sense only when viewed together. “In Pompeii, you can study not just a house or monument, but an entire city,” explains Zuchtriegel. “It’s like an organism with countless ...

Pompeii Archaeological Park has set a new limit on visitors in an effort to cope with overtourism at the historic site. The park will only allow 20,000 visitors a day and is also introducing new ...