Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special Italian police unit, have been unveiled for the ...

New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age humans cruised the open seas.

Two relief sculptures of a man and a woman have just been discovered during excavations of a tomb in Pompeii. The sculpture of the young spouse is particularly intriguing.

At the start, “I had no idea people made money from this,” Chun, known to her million Instagram followers as ...

The Roman Empire has never ceased to fascinate the world, even after the fall of its western half 1½ millennia ago. And with ...

Earlier this month, archaeologists found two life-size sculptures in a Pompeii tomb. The Guardian reported that the woman’s ...

The funerary reliefs of a man and woman in Pompeii. / Credit: Alfio Giannotti The statues were found in the southern half of ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii uncovered a life-size funerary relief at the Porta Sarno necropolis, depicting a man and a woman ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a necropolis in the Porta Sarno region of Pompeii, according to two April 1 news ...

Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 transformed one unfortunate victim’s brain into organic glass.

Pink Floyd's Nick Mason discusses the re-release of the band's 'Live at Pompeii' concert film and reflects on the group's legacy.