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

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

Pompeii, a name synonymous with a moment frozen in time, continues to yield incredible secrets, two thousand years after ...

Researchers say the nearly life-size figures shed new light on life and religion in Pompeii, which was destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.

The figures adorn the wall of a tomb found in a necropolis near one of Pompeii’s city gates. Pompeii Archaeological Park Two nearly life-size statues have been discovered inside a cemetery in ...

In another, a figure makes an acrobatic offering of wine, the libation flowing behind him from a drinking horn. At the center of the frieze, next to Dionysus’ companion Silenus, stands a woman.

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures ...

Discovered in 1909, the Mysteries frescos feature Dionysus and his bride Ariadne surrounded by an entourage of bacchantes, fauns, and winged figures who are engaged in various rites.

Archaeologists long thought these two embracing bodies found at Pompeii were sisters or a mother and daughter. Ancient DNA analysis revealed both to be young people, and one of them is male.

Meanwhile, two embracing bodies thought to be sisters or a mother and daughter were revealed to be two young adults, and one of them is a male. The findings also point to Pompeii as a cosmopolitan ...

Over time, Pompeii was forgotten, and it wasn’t until centuries later that excavations unearthed evidence of the tragic event. In the 1800s, archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli developed a method to ...

As people fled Pompeii or hid in their homes, their bodies were covered by blankets of the surge. While Pliny did not estimate how many people died, the event was said to be 'exceptional' and the ...