The basilica floor plan—a rectangular space divided into a central nave and side aisles by two rows of columns—was ideal for a meeting hall. Remains of homes at Pompeii give a glimpse into how ...

In 79 CE, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 20 feet of ash, preserving amazing details about daily life in the Roman Empire. Pompeii is one of the most ...

Vivitek projectors surface-mapped the artistic displays onto the ancient buildings and squares to tell the story of the ...

Pompeii is well known as a city that was decimated by the ... Underneath the Duomo is the ancient basilica of Santa Reparata, part of the old church that was built during the Early Middle Ages around ...

It is still not known why Deposition of Christ was transferred from the basilica in Naples to the Pompeii cathedral. There are two known copies of the work. Mantegna was born in the Venetian ...

Lucia Borgonzoni, the Undersecretary of State for the ministry, likened the newest findings at Claterna to a "Pompeii of the North," citing the expansive area studied, the quality of the findings ...

The room has been interpreted as a sacrarium, or a Roman sanctuary. It has been thousands of years since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius left the Roman city of Pompeii in ruins, but the ancient ...

POMPEII, Italy — Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city. Describing it as a ...

These are among the new finds being turned up at the Pompeii Archaeological Park. Dig anywhere in the ancient city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD79 and you will unearth a treasure - a snapshot ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an intricately decorated blue room, interpreted as an ancient Roman shrine known as a sacrarium, during recent excavations in central Pompeii in Italy. The Italian ...