The excavated site of Pompeii gives a revealing look at a great Roman city. The rich port of Pompeii was buried with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The excavated site gives a revealing look ...

A detail of a fresco showing a sea battle framed in Pompeii red topped by a basket and a mask that decorates the living room of house of the Vetti, in one of the wealthiest homes in Pompeii, the House ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists excavating a villa destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. have unearthed magnificent frescoes which ...

They may be nearly 6,000 miles apart and they may focus on material separated by thousands of years, but the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and the Aspen Art Museum are coming together on a show.

Ancient frescoes depicting a variety of vividly colored animals were discovered in Pompeii, park officials said. Photo from the Pompeii Archaeological Park Archaeologists discovered a series of ...

Wael Shawky is the first contemporary artist to create and debut a work on-site as part of the new initiative. Gallerist Lia Rumma, curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, collector Nicoletta Fiorucci, ...

Perhaps no other ancient city captures our imagination quite like Pompeii. The storyline is familiar: a thriving city on the Bay of Naples- a mecca of high culture and a playground of the rich- ...

POMPEII, ItalyPOMPEII, Italy — A new project inside the Pompeii archaeological site is reviving ancient textile dyeing techniques to show another side of daily life before the city was destroyed by a ...