Pompeii, a name synonymous with a moment frozen in time, continues to yield incredible secrets, two thousand years after Mount Vesuvius dramatically reshaped its landscape. Imagine stepping back into ...

But what you’ve heard about Pompeii being a time capsule or being frozen in time is wrong. “When we study Pompeii, we’re looking at a city that was utterly destroyed,” Emmerson, an ...

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

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Archaeologists explain the ongoing excavations at Pompeii and new findings about Vesuvius’ eruption date, slavery and daily life for ancient Romans. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Pompeii alone is believed to have been inhabited by about 20,000 people. Most escaped. But archaeologists estimate that about 2000 lingered too long, or decided to ride the disaster out.

Pompeii’s upper-class residents,” writes the AP. “But archaeology activity in the sprawling site, near modern-day Naples, has increasingly focused on the lives of the middle class as well as ...

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Buried by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. under tons of lapilli, ash and rock, which would help to preserve it, Pompeii has over the centuries become a powerful symbol of the transience ...

Archaeologists explain the ongoing excavations at Pompeii and new findings about Vesuvius’ eruption date, slavery and daily life for ancient Romans. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii ...

Archaeologists explain the ongoing excavations at Pompeii and new findings about Vesuvius’ eruption date, slavery and daily life for ancient Romans. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii ...