Archeological excavations of Pompeii continue to shed light on the daily lives of ancient Romans.

An estimated 20,000 people lived in Pompeii and approximately 5,000 people resided in Herculaneum at the time, and many were luckily able to get away. ... One fresco found in the Temple of Isis shows ...

She's Isis, so probably she's the cult statue of the lost temple of Isis in the Campus Martius. Here are two preserved scenes of worship of Isis from Herculaneum.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the 147ft-high funereal temple was built for Carian ruler Mausolus between 353 and 351 BCE, with Artemisia II, his sister and widow, leading the project.

In 2023, 560,000 people visited Herculaneum—a new record for the site, albeit far fewer than the nearly four million who flocked to Pompeii that year. Heritage Herculaneum Pompeii Vesuvius Openings.

Also in this gallery are several objects from Temple of Isis in Pompeii, excavated during the reigns of both Charles and Ferdinand. On display will be ancient artifacts unearthed during the Bourbon- ...

The area around Naples was known locally as the Campi Phlegraei, or 'flaming fields', owing to the frequent and violent eruptions of Mount Vesuvius.From his country house at the foot of the volcano, ...

Once a population of some 40,000, by 2022, only 2,000 people had returned to the village inside the temple walls. The bombs ISIS detonated in the summer of 2015 caused great damage to the Temple ...

An ancient Roman beach that was buried by the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius reopened to the public at Herculaneum archaeological park in Ercolano, southern Italy, on Wednesday.

Herculaneum, with a population of about 5,000, had an active fishing fleet and a number of marble workshops. Both economies supported the villas of wealthy Romans in the surrounding countryside.

22.2 x 34.2 cm. (8.7 x 13.5 in.) This watercolour shows the early excavations at the Temple of Isis in Pompeii. It is located in the south of the city, north of the theatre, right next to the ...

Pompeii, a Roman City in 100 Objects describes the petrified city through a hundred very different items. Some are noble and precious, such as a gold bracelet, statues, paintings, a gladiator’s helmet ...