Archaeologists have discovered the largest Roman villa ever found in Wales in an "amazing discovery" which they say has the potential to be "Port Talbot's Pompeii". "My eyes nearl ...

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was the gravest natural disaster to strike Italy during the peak of the Roman Empire, killing more than a thousand people in nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny ...

Eyewitness to the tragic fate of Pompeii. Nephew of a great naturalist. Trusted public servant. Friend of emperors. Famed chronicler of the culture and politics of ancient Rome. Pliny the Younger was ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

NAPLES, ITALY—ArtNet News reports that officials at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii have concluded that a looted fragment of a mural depicting Hercules as an infant wrestling a snake came from the ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae bustled with merchants, farmers and families going about their daily lives. Unbeknownst to them, Mount Vesuvius, a ...

Some of the victims at Pompeii were wearing woolen cloaks when they died, even though it was August, new research finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly when it took place. Reading time 2 minutes Many scholars agree that Mount ...

Researchers investigating the well-known House of Thiasus in Pompeii became fascinated with an unconnected stone staircase. A digital architectural reconstruction (based on features still present at ...

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Back in 2023, we reported on MIT scientists’ conclusion that the ancient Romans employed “hot mixing” with quicklime, among other strategies, to make their famous concrete, giving the material ...

A newly excavated, ancient construction site at Pompeii, frozen in time after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, has allowed archaeologists to finally determine the methods used to make Roman concrete.