A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...

The stunning, complete plaster cast of one of the villa's horses is the first of its kind from Pompeii. When the volcano erupted, many of the town’s residents and animals collapsed and died in ...

In “The Buried City,” a meditation on both the ruins of Pompeii and his life as a pioneering archaeologist, Mr. Zuchtriegel ...

Each region of Italy has its own unique experience and charm to offer. Whether you're passionate about history, culture, ...

Bodies, potentially decaying, were a more common sight in ancient Rome than now. Suetonius, writing in the first century CE, ...

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The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red with glistening shields ...

Leading 1986's Tinderbox, Siouxsie and the Banshees' 'Cities of Dust' reaches into history to explore the terror of Mother ...

Excavations of Pompeii continue today, telling stories of the way people lived almost two thousand years ago. One story tells ...

The story of the great German who gave identity and aesthetic to the Greek capital — It is estimated that he gifted Athens ...

We need to have backups already in place before disaster strikes, whether that’s warehouses in different towns, top-notch ...

To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...