To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...

Pompeii, a name synonymous with a moment frozen in time, continues to yield incredible secrets, two thousand years after ...

A study of animal remains from an ancient trash pit in Mallorca suggests thrushes were once a staple of Roman street food culture.

In the know There are multiple tours available in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. The 45-minute tour of Regio IX is available Monday-Friday, 11am in English and Italian (maximum 15 people).

When archaeologists in Pompeii discovered an almost 2,000-year-old fresco of what’s being referred to as a “proto-pizza” in June, people nearly lost their minds. While the flat piece of ...

A recently discovered fresco at Pompeii depicting a meal seems to feature an ancient form of pizza, according to a statement by the Pompeii Archaeological Park last week. The 2000-year-old fresco ...

Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Pompeii Have Discovered a Tasty Fresco Depicting Food That Looks an Awful Lot Like Pizza Nearby Naples was named a World Heritage Site for the art of pizza ...

Science Archaeology A fresco discovered in Pompeii looks like ancient pizza—but it’s likely focaccia Mount Vesuvius destroyed the city before tomatoes and mozzarella made it to Europe.

A still-life fresco discovered recently in the Pompeii archaeological site looks like a pizza, but it's not, experts at the archaeological site said Tuesday. They noted that key ingredients needed ...

A research team from the Pompeii Archaeological Park, which is conducting excavations in Pompeii, said on June 27, 2023, in a section of Pompeii called 'Regio IX', 'a fresco from about 2000 years ...

"The image brings to mind a pizza since we are near Naples," said Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the director of Pompeii archaeological park, in a video about the discovery, according to The Art Newspaper.

This handout photo taken and released on June 25, 2023 by Parco Archeologico di Pompei (Archaeological Park of Pompeii), shows a 2,000-year-old Pompeian painting, a still life, found by the new ...