In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman city ...

Just as humans perished in Pompeii's flames, so too did animals. In 2018, the ancient remains of a horse were found in Pompeii's Villa of the Mysteries, with its bones remarkably intact and remnants ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, the ...

Neighbors on Mariposa Street in Altadena, Calif., say artworks can be remade, but how do you restart a community?

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder ... and a second row of images above the human figures shows animals – alive and dead – as well as sea creatures ...

Posted by Pompeii - Parco Archeologico on Wednesday ... with another smaller frieze above the principal one depicting animals, alive and dead, a gutted wild boar, various birds, and fish.

They are portrayed both as dancers or as hunters, with slaughtered animals on their shoulders ... drinking horn into a patera (shallow bowl)," Pompeii said in a statement. The frieze is painted ...