Pompeii is a city frozen in time and shows us exactly how the Romans really lived. Buried by volcanic ash and debris from the ...

Before the Romans captured Pompeii, the famous town was run by the Samnite people – and a dip in their public baths might ...

T he ancient Romans took bathing seriously—it was a crucial facet of their daily lives, and people from a range of social ...

Credit: TerraDat/Swansea University/Cover Images Welsh archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a major Roman villa that’s ...

Pompeii’s public baths, aqueduct, and water towers were among the preserved structures frozen in time. A new paper published ...

The true date of the eruption has long eluded—and vexed—historians of the deadly disaster. Here’s what the archaeological ...

A vast Roman villa discovered three feet below a park in Port Talbot, south Wales, has potential to be the town's very own ...

Beats of Pompeii 2026, the festival that transforms the historic sites of the Pompeii archaeological area into exceptional ...

A market miles away from Vesuvius may have saved the lives of many who would have otherwise been in the volcano’s path of ...

Want to know more about the story of Pompeii and its destruction in AD 79? HistoryExtra's Kev Lochun rounds up some essential ...

Gabriel Zuchtriegel was appointed Director of Pompeii in 2021, and has since begun a major excavation, and made a number of significant finds. But it is walking around the site at night, emptied of ...

Archaeologists in Italy have made a stunning discovery that adds to our understanding of ancient Roman life. Subscribe to our ...