In the shadow of Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii's buried wonders are still emerging. A newly found fresco offers a tantalising glimpse into the vibrant life of the past.

"In 100 years' time, today will be remembered as historic because the discovery we are presenting is historic." Archaeologists excavating at the doomed Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by ...

At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a so-called ‘pizza’, and make a grisly discovery.

Rome (CNN) — Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder ... In one image, a hunter swings a sword from which animal entrails are dangling. In another, a figure ...

We know this from archaeological evidence found at the best-preserved sites of Roman Italy — Pompeii, Herculaneum ... Consider the carnage produced by the popular gladiatorial and animal blood-bath ...

sporadic cases of which have been found at Herculaneum and Pompeii. However, in no other case in the world have vitrified organic human or animal remains ever been found," Petrone added.

ROME - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare ... goat on their shoulders or holding a sword and the entrails of an animal in their hands. At the centre, is a fresco of an elegantly ...