Photos show the inside of the 1,700-year-old tunnel, which was first located in the 1960s but “covered for a very long period of time.” ...

The archaeological park of Herculaneum is expanding towards the Southeast, with a new green lung, with modern buildings ...

There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion. Bridgeman via Getty Images Many simply grabbed what they could and ran for the coast in ...

7 During a recent excavation of a house in Pompeii, archaeologists found the remains of four people, including a child, in a barricaded room Credit: Archaeological Park of Pompeii 7 ...

Recent excavations at the house of Elle and Frisso—a Pompeii home named after a mythological fresco in one of its rooms—have unearthed the building’s main interior spaces. Archaeologists ...

Archaeologists have unearthed heartbreaking evidence of a family's last-ditch attempts to flee from the incoming destruction during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. During a recent ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, preserving Roman life in ash. Recent discoveries, including exotic animal bones, vitrified brains, erotic art, and children ...

The scroll is one of hundreds found in the library of a luxury Roman villa thought to have been owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law. The villa was buried under ash and pumice when Herculaneum, near ...

Excavations of Herculaneum, the change in direction The exhibition project, curated by ACME04 srl, has given a new look to the environment and has given specific and priority attention to the ...

Excavations began in both towns in the 18th century: in Herculaneum in 1738 and in Pompeii in 1748. Archaeology as a discipline was still finding its feet at this time, and early excavations were ...