in a room known as the 'Secret Chamber', is a unique collection of erotic art, found perfectly preserved in the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. For a time this artwork could only be accessed ...

Together with Pompeii, Torre Annunziata and Stabiae, the Italian town of Herculaneum was destroyed by the Vesuvius eruption ...

The ancient Romans lived in smelly cities. We know this from archaeological evidence found at the best-preserved sites of Roman Italy — Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia and Rome — as well as from ...

Herculaneum and the nearby city of Pompeii were engulfed by the eruption. Buildings and bodies were encased in a flow of molten lava, mud and gas that fell on Herculaneum in AD79 at a speed of at ...

Dr Richard Miles follows in the footsteps of the 18th century archaeologists who discovered Herculaneum... To visit the incredible sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum as a tourist is incredible ...