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

17 April 2026 – 6 days for £3,229 per person Embark on a captivating journey where history and archaeology come to life through Mount Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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

This fresco discovered in Pompeii may look like a 2,000-year-old pizza but archaeologists say it can't be—tomatoes weren't grown in Italy at the time.

The ancient Garden of Hercules in Pompeii has reopened after major restoration, reviving plants, trade history, and the ...

Pompeii Archaeological Park has unveiled the restored Garden of Hercules , freshly planted with violets, ruscus plants, and ...

Herculaneum: Past and Future Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. Frances Lincoln (franceslincoln.com), $60 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7112-3142-9 ...

But researchers examining the scars of battle in Pompeii’s stone walls near the city’s main gates for the Vesuvius and Herculaneum roads have found similar depressions. The Mount Vesuvius ...

"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 ...

A new exhibition is spotlighting the women who have long been sidelined in histories of the Roman Empire—from mothers and weavers to entrepreneurs and influential tavern owners ...

The ultimate hope is that extracting text from the scrolls, and revealing previously unknown books from antiquity, will provide the justification for a full excavation of the villa in Herculaneum ...