The latest feature by the Venice Golden Lion winner was lensed for over three years at Pompeii and communities around the Gulf of Naples.

Aug. 24 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 79 A.D., thousands died and the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy. In 1814, the British ...

One of the famous brothels in ancient Pompeii was called the Lupanare (Latin for wolf’s den). Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this was a two-story building built just years before the destruction of ...

The 1883 Krakatoa volcano erupted with a force of 200 megatons of TNT. By comparison, the bomb that destroyed the Japanese ...

Vesuvius — the very name sounds ancient, rhythmically mythical, so tied into tales of a destroyed past that one almost forgets it’s still very much in the ordinary, existing present. The legendary ...

Gianfranco’s doc is a tone poem paying tribute to a region that is suffused with beauty in the shadow of enormous loss ...

Most holidaymakers are aware of the 'shoulder season'. The expression refers to the months on either side of the peak summer ...

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Benches like the one at the Villa of Mysteries have been found at other significant domus, or homes, in Pompeii, like a waiting room for a doctor’s office, officials said. In the Roman culture, the ...

Pompeii' (2014), directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, brings the eruption of Mount Vesuvius to life with thrilling visuals and historical drama. Starring Kit Harington, the film combines epic disaster ...

According to legend, travelers who remove artifacts from the historic Italian city are cursed to endure hardship. Many have even returned the stolen items years later ...

Step inside Pompeii’s Temple of Isis, where Egyptian priests carried out daily rituals with incense, sacred milk, and the sistrum to invoke the goddess. Discover vivid wall paintings of Isis with ...