The newly restored remains of an opulent ancient house in Pompeii offer visitors an exceptional peek at details of domestic life in the doomed Roman city ...

In the 1950s, botanist Wilhelmina Jashemski identified traces of pollen, spores and plant fossils in the ancient city of Pompeii. The discovery suggested that the site had once been a lush, cultivated ...

One official says the house, likely owned by freed slaves-turned wine merchants, offers a unique snapshot of Roman society in the year 79 AD.

For researchers, the discovery of political slogans inside the house was a first for Pompeii, Chiara Scappaticcio, professor of Latin at the University in Naples Federico II, said, and it ...

It’s a place to have a spa day fit for an emperor. The largest private Roman bathhouse ever found in the ruined ancient city of Pompeii has been discovered recently by archaeologists under a ...

Editor's note: This story originally misquoted Alessando Russo's statement that Pompeii is unicum, or Latin for "unique," in archaeology. It has been corrected.

This Latin inscription holds vital evidence that Steven believes changes the thinking on how many people really lived in Pompeii. ♪ Tuck: So this was found about 4 years ago.

The first major excavations in decades shed light on how ordinary citizens shopped and snacked—and where slaves slept.

Human History So-Called Pompeii ‘Pizza’ Painting Is Just Flatbread—But That’s Okay It’s well-painted, well-preserved, and very much not an actual depiction of a pizza.

It was rediscovered in the late 16th century, but it wasn't until 1763 that the city was conclusively identified as Pompeii, when the Latin inscription rei publicae Pompeianorum — the state of ...

The House of Vettii, Domus Vettiorum in Latin, was being formally unveiled Tuesday after 20 years of restoration.