The small garden now features thousands of roses, violets, cherry trees and vines. Experts think a perfumer may have once ...

Public baths also often featured gymnasiums, libraries, restaurants and exercise yards. Archaeological evidence suggests even ...

On the Greek island of Ithaca, archaeologists recently uncovered new evidence that suggests ancient travelers once made ...

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The house museum at Middleton Place, Heyward-Washington House, Joseph Manigault House are carefully secured when hurricanes ...

When people think of Pompeii, they usually picture tragedy frozen in time — bodies preserved in ash, homes swallowed up […] ...

If you're visiting southern Italy and planning a trip to Pompeii, there’s another ancient city you absolutely shouldn’ ...

The Hercules Garden House of Pompeii Archaeological Park, also known as the perfumer’s house, in reference to the probable production and marketing of perfumes that took place there, has been ...

Director Zuchtriegel: Pompeii is fragile — we’re inspecting the site after this morning’s seismic swarm to quickly assess any damage across the area.

In fact, when Mount Vesuvius exploded in 79 C.E., its pyroclastic flow was one of the deadliest volcanic features in the devastation of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

"When we were up there, I was like, 'OK, if this is another Pompeii, at least we're together,'" DiLeonardi added, referencing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., which wiped out the Roman ...