The "Ringed Lady" of Herculaneum is one of the most important discoveries from the ancient city that was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius.

This presentation surveys the history of the excavations and the finds recovered, from the 1750s up to the present day, when cutting-edge technologies like laser scans, machine learning, and ...

Herculaneum lay buried longer, beneath some 50 meters of ash, until it was discovered by accident in 1709 as a worker drilled a well for a monastery.. A series of excavations of the site during ...

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 beach at Herculaneum is believed to be where some 300 people died while waiting for boats to save them from the volcanic eruption in 79 AD. It's now open to the public for the first time.

During a recent excavation of a house in Pompeii, ... Pompeii and Herculaneum have been extensively examined by archaeologists since excavations officially began in the 1700s, ...

The Antiquarium of the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum, from April 10, 2025, hosts a wide selection of the collection of wooden furniture and tools from ancient Herculaneum, unique in the world ...

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.